Table 2.

Odds ratio of the association between selected variables and exclusive breastmilk feeding (outcome), breast feed (method) at discharge and at follow-up

	Exclusive breastmilk feeding (outcome) at discharge	Breast feed (method) at discharge	Exclusive breastmilk feeding (outcome) at follow-up	Breast feed (method) at follow-up
Group
No KMC	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
KMC	2.15 (1.53, 3.02) *	1.61 (1.15, 2.25) *	2.55 (1.81, 3.61) *	2.09 (1.44, 3.02) *
Age
< 30	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
30–34	0.84 (0.60, 1.19)	0.98 (0.69, 1.40)	0.70 (0.49, 1.00) *	0.69 (0.46, 1.05)
> =35	0.99 (0.67, 1.46)	1.06 (0.71, 1.58)	0.64 (0.43, 0.95) *	0.82 (0.51, 1.32)
Educational attainment
High school	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
College	1.19 (0.79, 1.80)	1.29 (0.85, 1.95)	0.77 (0.51, 1.17)	0.69 (0.43, 1.12)
University & above	1.30 (0.86, 1.98)	1.80 (1.17, 2.76) *	0.72 (0.47, 1.10)	1.04 (0.63, 1.71)
Parity
Primipara	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Multipara	1.21 (0.88, 1.65)	0.88 (0.64, 1.21)	1.29 (0.94, 1.78)	1.02 (0.70, 1.49)
Pregnancy-related complications
No	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	1.00 (0.75, 1.35)	0.69 (0.51, 0.94) *	0.81 (0.60, 1.10)	0.68 (0.47, 0.99) *
Delivery mode
Vaginal delivery	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
C-section	0.81 (0.60, 1.10)	1.09 (0.80, 1.49)	0.51 (0.38, 0.70) *	0.84 (0.58, 1.22)
Birth weight
Normal (> = 2500)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Low weight (< 2500)	0.55 (0.35, 0.86) *	0.46 (0.29, 0.72) *	0.44 (0.27, 0.70) *	1.41 (0.78, 2.53)
Gestational age
36–36 + 6 weeks	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
34–35 + 6 weeks	1.57 (0.97, 2.56)	1.50 (0.89, 2.54)	1.61 (0.97, 2.27)	2.16 (1.00, 4.64) *

Note: Additionally, adjusted for occupation; *refers to significant at 0.05 level