TABLE 6.

The relationship between (A) maternal mean oxytocin levels 0–60 min (log transformed) and (B) oxytocin variance 0–7.5 min of the observed breastfeed 2 days after birth and the following predictors; medical interventions during labor, number of breastfeeds since birth (<7 or >8), IBFAT Rooting score, % of weight loss in infants since birth (covariate) and duration of the first sucking period (covariate).

		(A) Mean oxytocin 0-60 min		(B) Variance of oxytocin 0-7.5 min
Predictors	DF	χ2	p-value	χ2	p-value
Medical interventions	4	11.61	0.02	3.76	0.44
Number of breastfeeds since birth	1	2.05	0.15	1.64	0.20
IBFAT rooting score	3	6.67	0.08	3.6	0.31
% of weight loss	1	5.79	0.07	5.11	0.02
Duration of sucking period	1	4.49	0.03	0.32	0.57

Bold values indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).