Table 3.
Data on breastfeeding preterm and full-term neonates.
| Means and Medians for Survival Time—Breastfeeding Duration (Months) | |||||||||
| Neonates | Mean | Median | p-Value | ||||||
| Estimate | Std. Error | 95% Confidence Interval | Estimate | Std. Error | 95% Confidence Interval | ||||
| Lower Bound | Upper Bound | Lower Bound | Upper Bound | ||||||
| Full-term neonates | 6.875 | 0.703 | 5.497 | 8.253 | 3 | 0.597 | 1.831 | 4.169 | 0.00 |
| Preterm neonates | 3.416 | 0.44 | 2.553 | 4.279 | 2 | 0.22 | 1.569 | 2.431 | |
| Overall | 5.35 | 0.45 | 4.468 | 6.233 | 2 | 0.283 | 1.446 | 2.554 | |
| Means and Medians for Survival Time—Exclusive-Breastfeeding Duration (Months) | |||||||||
| Full-term neonates | 2.99 | 0.232 | 2.534 | 3.445 | 3 | 0.641 | 1.743 | 4.257 | 0.002 |
| Preterm neonates | 1.75 | 0.203 | 1.352 | 2.148 | 1 | . | . | . | |
| Overall | 2.441 | 0.162 | 2.124 | 2.758 | 1 | 0.277 | 0.457 | 1.543 | |