Table 3.
Difference-in-differences analysis of Black-white, Latina-white, and Asian-white disparities in exclusive breastmilk feeding at discharge, COVID-19 pandemic versus pre-pandemic period
| Pre-pandemic cohort (1/1/2019-2/28/2020) |
Pandemic cohort (4/1/2020-7/31/2020) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denominator | Cases (n) | Risk (%) |
Denominator | Cases (n) |
Risk (%) |
Risk difference (%) | Lower 95% CL (%) |
Upper 95% CL (%) |
|
| Black versus white births | |||||||||
| Non-Latina white | 6171 | 2516 | 40.8 | 1668 | 778 | 46.6 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 8.6 |
| Non-Latina Black | 1303 | 294 | 22.6 | 372 | 94 | 25.3 | 2.7 | -2.3 | 7.7 |
| Difference | -18.2 | -21.4 | -3.2 | -8.8 | 2.5 | ||||
| Adjusted Differencea | -3.0 | -8.2 | 2.1 | ||||||
| Latina versus white births | |||||||||
| Non-Latina white | 6171 | 2516 | 40.8 | 1668 | 778 | 46.6 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 8.6 |
| Latina | 1927 | 388 | 20.1 | 537 | 115 | 21.4 | 1.3 | -2.6 | 5.2 |
| Difference | -20.6 | -25.2 | -4.6 | -9.3 | 0.2 | ||||
| Adjusted Differencea | -6.3 | -10.8 | -1.9 | ||||||
| Asian versus white births | |||||||||
| Non-Latina white | 6171 | 2516 | 40.8 | 1668 | 778 | 46.6 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 8.6 |
| Non-Latina Asian | 1244 | 347 | 27.9 | 349 | 125 | 35.8 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 13.5 |
| Difference | -12.9 | -10.8 | 2.1 | -4.2 | 8.3 | ||||
| Adjusted Differencea | 0.5 | -5.8 | 6.7 | ||||||
aAdjusted for maternal age (<25, 25-34, 35+), parity (nulliparous, multiparous), prepregnancy body mass index (BMI<25, BMI≥25), and insurance coverage (Medicaid, Private, Other/self-pay); Observations with missing covariate values dropped from adjusted analyses (<4% for BMI, <1% all others)