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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the mothers

From: An educational intervention to implement skin-to-skin contact and early breastfeeding in a rural hospital in Mexico

Variable

Mothers who received SSC and early breastfeeding (n = 109)

Mothers who did not receive SSC and early breastfeeding (n = 33)

p - value

Age (years)

22.1 ± 5.3

23.1 ± 4.4

0.3

Gravidity

   

1

53 (49%)

18 (55%)

0.6

2

26 (24%)

5 (15%)

3

20 (18%)

8 (24%)

>  3

10 (9%)

2 (6%)

Gestational age at birth

39.1 ± 1.4

39.4 ± 1.2

0.2

  1. Comparisons between groups were made through unpaired T-tests for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact tests for categorical data
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International Breastfeeding Journal

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