Table 3 Prelacteal feeding by sociodemographic characteristics, continuous data presented

Mother BMI ² , mean, (95%CI)

1.04 (0.96, 1.12)

1.03 (0.99,1.07)

1.01 (0.99, 1.03)

Child WLZ ³ , mean (95% CI)

0.86 (0.75, 0.98)

1.10 (0.99,1.21)

0.89 (0.80, 0.98)

Child LAZ ⁴ , mean (95% CI)

1.10 (0.99, 1.23)

1.07 (0.95,1.20)

1.03 (0.94, 1.13)

Maternal education, mean years school, (95% CI)

1.04 (0.98, 1.11)

1.01 (0.98,1.05)

0.97 (0.93, 1.02)