Table 4.
Association between EBF and women's obstetric and general health status variables.
| Women's overall health status | Exclusive breastfeeding (n = 858) | P -Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Total | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Delivery mode | Normal | 154 | 70.6 | 428 | 69.7 | 582 | 70.0 | 0.796 |
| Cesarean | 64 | 29.4 | 186 | 30.3 | 250 | 30.0 | ||
| Pregnancy status | Yes | 27 | 12.4 | 57 | 9.3 | 84 | 10.1 | 0.192 |
| No | 191 | 87.6 | 557 | 90.7 | 748 | 89.9 | ||
| Do you have any health problems? | Yes | 25 | 11.5 | 89 | 14.5 | 114 | 13.7 | 0.264 |
| No | 193 | 88.5 | 525 | 85.5 | 718 | 86.3 | ||
| Contraceptive use | Yes | 52 | 23.9 | 164 | 26.7 | 216 | 26.0 | 0.409 |
| No | 166 | 76.1 | 450 | 73.3 | 616 | 74.0 | ||
| Sore nipples | Yes | 76 | 34.9 | 234 | 38.1 | 310 | 37.3 | 0.364 |
| No | 142 | 65.1 | 380 | 61.9 | 522 | 62.7 | ||
| lactation amenorrhea | Yes | 138 | 63.3 | 267 | 43.5 | 405 | 48.7 | 0.000 |
| No | 80 | 36.7 | 347 | 56.5 | 427 | 51.3 | ||
| Mother BMI | Underweight (<18.5) | 3 | 1.5 | 11 | 1.9 | 14 | 1.8 | 0.078 |
| Normal (18.5–25) | 93 | 46.5 | 213 | 37.2 | 306 | 39.6 | ||
| Overweight (26–29) | 69 | 34.5 | 208 | 36.3 | 277 | 35.8 | ||
| Obese (≥30) | 35 | 17.5 | 141 | 24.6 | 176 | 22.8 | ||
*P value significant at P = < 0.001.