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Table 1 Antenatal demographic characteristics of the women who continued to breastfeed for six months (breastfeeding group) compared to those who discontinued before six months postnatal (early cessation group)

From: Can we identify women who initiate and then prematurely cease breastfeeding? An Australian multicentre cohort study

Variable

Early cessation group N=1271

Breastfeeding group N=877

P-value OR (95% CI)

Age Mean (sd)

28.0 (5.6)

30.3 (5.3)

<0.0001

Country of birth N (%)

  

0.87

Australia

1169 (91.9%)

777 (88.6%)

 

Asia

68 (5.4%)

77 (8.8%)

 

Other

34 (2.7%)

23 (2.6%)

 

Aboriginal or torres strait islander N (%)

  

0.45

Yes

26 (2.0%)

8 (0.9%)

 

No

1245 (98.0%)

869 (99.1%)

 

Gravidity Median (IQR)

1 (0-2)

1 (0-2)

0.73

Parity Median (IQR)

1 (0-1)

1 (0-2)

0.11

Completed secondary education N (%)

   

Yes

691 (54.4%)

683 (77.9%)

<0.0001

No

580 (45.6%)

194 (22.1%)

0.34 (0.28, 0.41)

Completed further education N (%)

   

Yes

628 (49.4%)

665 (75.8%)

<0.0001

No

643 (50.6%)

211 (24.1%)

0.40 (0.33, 0.48)

Missing data

 

1 (0.1%)

 

History of depression N (%)

   

Yes

335 (26.4%)

184 (21%)

0.004

No

936 (73.6%)

693 (79%)

1.35 (1.09, 1.66)

Maternal social support index score

   

Mean (sd)

27.6 (4.9)

28.0 (4.8)

0.06

Pre-pregnancy smoker N (%)

   

Yes

509 (40.1%)

161 (18.4%)

<0.0001

No

762 (59.9%)

715 (81.5%)

2.97 (2.41, 3.66)

Missing data

0

1 (0.1%)

 

Smoking in pregnancy N (%)

   

Yes

280 (22.0%)

65 (7.4%)

<0.0001

No

991 (78.0%)

812 (92.6%)

3.53 (2.63, 4.74)

Pre-pregnancy alcohol N (%)

   

Yes

735 (57.8%)

523 (59.6%)

0.43

No

536 (42.2%)

354 (40.4%)

0.93 (0.78, 1.11)

Alcohol in pregnancy N (%)

   

Yes

116 (9.1%)

73 (8.3%)

0.51

No

1155 (90.9%)

804 (91.7%)

1.11 (0.81, 1.52)