Tab. II.
The association between feeding practice and ARIs prevalence in infants (n case = 50, n control = 50).
| Feeding practice | Groups | P | λ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Control | |||||
| N | (%) | N | % | |||
| Exclusive breastfeeding | 18 | 36.0% | 43 | 86.0% | 0.001 | 0.500 |
| Breast milk plus non-formula supplement | 7 | 14.0% | 2 | 4.0% | ||
| Breast milk plus infant formula | 9 | 18.0% | 4 | 8.0% | ||
| Infant formula | 5 | 10.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Infant formula plus non-formula supplement | 5 | 10.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Mixed feeding | 6 | 12.0% | 1 | 2.0% | ||
N: number of samples; p-χ2: the data were statistically significant if p < 0.05; λ: strength of Lambda test, the closer to 1, the correlation becomes stronger; %: percentage.