Occurrence of lactational mastitis and medical management: A prospective cohort study in Glasgow

Table 1 Characteristics of women (n = 420)

Characteristics	No mastitis (n = 346)		Mastitis (n = 70)		Chi-square test p value
	n	% ¹	N	% ¹
Age (years)
<25	34	10	11	16	0.106
25–29	84	26	11	16
30–34	118	36	22	31
≥ 35	89	27	26	37
Marital status
Married or living with partner	306	94	66	96	0.623
Other	19	6	3	4
Deprivation category²
1–2	69	20	24	32	0.044
3–5	164	47	33	45
6–7	113	33	17	23
Education
Did not complete high school	49	15	12	17	0.622
Completed high school	14	4	4	6
Professional or technical Diploma/certificate	145	45	34	49
University degree	115	36	19	27
Number of children					0.405
1	184	57	33	48
2	96	29	24	35
≥ 3	45	45	12	17
Previous history of mastitis
First time mother	184	57	33	48	0.447
Parity > 1, never breastfed before	13	4	3	4
Breastfed before, no mastitis	95	29	22	32
Mastitis in past	33	10	11	16

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