Table 4.
Breastfeeding and Pumping, Life After Pregnancy Study (2016, United States)
| Women subthreshold of OC symptoms (n = 200, 86%) |
Women with clinically elevated OC symptomsa
(n = 32, 14%) |
RR (95% CI) | Adjusted RR (95% CI)b |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | |||
| Breastfed for at least 2 months | 169 (85) | 30 (15) | 20 (63) | 11 (34) | 0.76 (0.58 to 0.99) | 0.85 (0.64 to 1.11) |
| Expressed milk fed for at least 2 months | 138 (69) | 55 (28) | 17 (53) | 13 (41) | 0.79 (0.57 to 1.10) | 0.94 (0.67 to 1.31) |
| Direct milk fed for at least 2 months | 157 (79) | 40 (20) | 18 (56) | 12 (38) | 0.76 (0.58 to 1.01) | 0.93 (0.69 to 1.25) |
Missing data: Women with clinically elevated OC symptoms: Breastfed (1), Expressed (2), Direct (2) Women subthreshold of OC symptoms: Breastfed (1), Expressed (7), Direct (3).
a
Women with clinically elevated OC symptoms received a score ≥21 on the OCI-R.
b
Adjusted for participant's age, education, employment, delivery method, and depressive symptoms.
CI, confidence interval; OC, obsessive-compulsive; OCI-R, Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory–Revised.