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. 2020 Nov 13;15(11):e0242135. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242135

Table 4. Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) from generalized linear models (GLMs) (1–6).

Model Exposure Outcome Bivariate model1 Adjusted model2
1 Facility birth (reference home birth) Early initiation of breastfeeding OR 0.51 0.51
P-Value <0.000 <0.001
95% CI 0.35–0.74 0.35–0.75
n 2721 2721
2 No pre-lacteal feeding OR 1.31
P-Value 0.153
95% CI 0.90–1.91
n 2721
3 Delivery by medically trained provider (Reference delivery by untrained provider) Early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) OR 0.48 0.78
P-Value <0.000 0.412
95% CI 0.33–0.71 0.44–1.40
n 2721 2721
4 No pre-lacteal feeding OR 1.10
P-Value 0.531
95% CI 0.81–1.49
n 2721
5 Private sector (reference public /NGO sector) Early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) OR 0.53 1.04
P-Value <0.001 0.851
95% CI 0.37–0.77 0.64–1.68
773 773
6 No pre-lacteal feeding OR 0.54 0.68
P-Value <0.05 0.144
95% CI 0.35–0.83 0.40–1.14
n 773 773
7 Cesarean section(reference vaginal delivery) Early initiation of breastfeeding OR 0.22 0.20
P-Value <0.000 <0.000
95% CI 0.14–0.34 0.12–0.35
n 2721 2721
8 No pre-lacteal feeding OR 0.73
P-Value 0.176
95% CI 0.45–1.15
n 2721

1 Adjusted for hard to reach areas and clustering.

2 Adjusted for maternal age, education, current employment status, wealth quintile, distance to the facility, complications during pregnancy, received ≥4 ANC visits, complications during delivery, mode of delivery (model 3,4,5& 6), hard to reach areas, sample weight and clustering.