Table 2.

Identified medical problems by feeding type from thirteen participating pediatric Emergency Services in Majorca, Spain, between August and December 2020

Clinical or laboratory features	No breastfeeding	Any breastfeeding	P value	OR (95%CI)
Number (%)	220 (32%)	471 (68%)
Presenting Symptoms
Fever	86 (39.1%)	184 (39.1%)	0.995	1.00 (0.72, 1.38)
Asthenia	20 (9.1%)	48 (10.2%)	0.651	0.88 (0.50, 1.52)
Dyspnea	9 (4.1%)	33 (7.0%)	0.069	0.50 (0.23, 1.05)
Coughing	64 (29.1%)	133 (28.2%)	0.817	1.04 (0.73, 1.48)
Sore throat	30 (13.6%)	70 (14.9%)	0.669	0.90 (0.57, 1.43)
Ear ache	14 (6.4%)	19 (4.0%)	0.184	1.61 (0.79, 3.28)
Abdominal pain	28 (12.7%)	48 (10.2%)	0.321	1.28 (0.78, 2.11)
Diarrhoea	25 (11.4%)	40 (8.5%)	0.230	1.38 (0.81, 2.34)
Diagnosis
Acute pharyngitis	9 (4.1%)	20 (4.2%)	0.924	0.96 (0.43, 2.14)
Acute otitis media	20 (9.1%)	22 (4.7%)	0.026*	2.04 (1.08, 3.82)
Laryngitis	3 (1.4%)	7 (1.5%)	0.900	0.91 (0.23, 3.57)
Asthma	8 (3.6%)	27 (5.7%)	0.245	0.62 (0.27, 1.38)
Acute gastroenteritis	20 (9.1%)	31 (6.6%)	0.241	1.41 (0.78, 2.55)
Acute appendicitis	0 (0%)	2 (0.4%)
Seizures	1 (0.5%)	4 (0.8%)	0.332	0.23 (0.01, 4.39)
Headache	8 (3.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0.016*	4.40 (1.31, 14.79)
Febrile syndrome	22 (10%)	37 (7.9%)	0.348	1.30 (0.74, 2.26)
Fracture	1 (0.5%)	7 (1.5%)	0.265	0.302 (0.03, 2.47)
Dermatitis	4 (1.8%)	13 (2.8%)	0.459	0.65 (0.21, 2.02)
Rash	2 (0.9%)	6 (1.3%)	0.677	0.71 (0.14, 3.55)
Symptomatic patients	203 (92.3%)	431 (91.5%)	0.73	0.90 (049, 1.63)
Positive results of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR tests
From symptomatic and asymptomatic patients	8 (3.6%)	8 (1.6%)	0.056	2.18 (1.19, 3.17)
From symptomatic patients	8 (3.9%)	7 (1.6%)	0.036*	2.48 (1.45, 3.51)

Abbreviations: * ≤ 0.05; CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio, RT-PCR Real-time polymerase chain reaction, SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2