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Breastfeeding and supplementary feeding among adolescent mothers and adult mothers |
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| Adolescent mothers |
Adult mothers¥ |
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| Variable |
n = 442 |
% |
n = 320 |
% |
OR |
95% CI |
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| Ever Breastfed (n = 761) |
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| No (Base outcome) |
15 |
(3.4) |
19 |
(5.9) |
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| Yes |
426 |
(96.6) |
301 |
(94.1) |
1.79 |
0.87–3.58 |
| Start of breastfeeding after birth (n = 724) |
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| Immediately (less that 1 hour) |
143 |
(33.8) |
115 |
(38.2) |
0.96 |
0.68–1.34 |
| Days (2 till breast milk started flowing) |
119 |
(28.1) |
62 |
(20.6) |
1.48 |
1.00–2.17* |
| Hours (1 to 24) (base outcome) |
161 |
(38.1) |
124 |
(41.2) |
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| Child given some supplements before breast milk started flowing (n = 754) |
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| No |
175 |
(40.1) |
(123) |
38.8 |
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| Yes |
262 |
(59.9) |
(194) |
61.2 |
0.95 |
0.71–1.28 |
| Supplements given before breast milk started flowing (n = 397) |
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| Milk other than breast milk |
21 |
(8.8) |
20 |
(10.3) |
0.69 |
0.35–1.35 |
| Plain water |
45 |
(17.3) |
47 |
(24.3) |
0.63 |
0.38–1.03 |
| Tea infusions |
32 |
(12.3) |
28 |
(14.4) |
0.75 |
0.42–1.34 |
| Ghee/mushroom soup |
37 |
(14.2) |
17 |
(8.8) |
1.43 |
0.75–2.70 |
| Sugar/glucose water (base outcome) |
125 |
(48.1) |
82 |
(42.3) |
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| Still breastfeeding (at time of survey) (n = 466) |
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| No (outcome base) |
27 |
(10.0) |
33 |
(16.8) |
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| Yes |
243 |
(90.0) |
163 |
(83.2) |
1.82 |
1.06–3.14* |
| Introduction of solid foods |
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| less than 6 months |
86 |
(35.0) |
74 |
(34.1) |
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| 6 months and later (base outcome) |
160 |
(65.0) |
143 |
(65.9) |
0.96 |
(0.65–1.40) |
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¥reference group; *significant findings; N.B. Odds among adolescent mothers are divided by odds among adult mothers | ||||||
Atuyambe et al. Reproductive Health 2008 5:13 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-5-13 |
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