Determinants of excessive weight loss in breastfed full-term newborns at a baby-friendly hospital: a retrospective cohort study

Table 2 Multivariate logistic analysis of the association between the variables and excessive weight loss

	Crude OR (95% CI)	p	Adjusted^a OR (95% CI)	p
Maternal age	1.06 (1.02, 1.10)	0.001	1.07 (1.02, 1.11)	0.002
Prepregnancy BMI, kg/m²	1.04 (0.99, 1.09)	0.13	1.04 (0.99, 1.09)	0.15
Primiparity	2.01 (1.34, 3.02)	< 0.001	2.72 (1.69, 4.38)	< 0.001
Infertility treatment	2.28 (1.25, 4.15)	0.007	1.27 (0.65, 2.52)	0.49
Maternal weight gain, kg	0.99 (0.95, 1.03)	0.58	1.00 (0.96, 1.05)	0.91
Hypertension	1.47 (0.68, 3.18)	0.32	1.15 (0.51, 2.59)	0.74
Diabetes	1.45 (0.90, 2.34)	0.14	1.40 (0.83, 2.35)	0.21
Use of MgSO₄ in labor	0.40 (0.08, 1.96)	0.26	0.28 (0.06, 1.42)	0.13
Use of oxytocin in labor	1.38 (0.89, 2.15)	0.15	1.13 (0.68, 1.88)	0.65
Gestational weeks at delivery	1.05 (0.86, 1.28)	0.62	1.09 (0.87, 1.36)	0.47
Mode of delivery
Vaginal delivery	1		1
intrapartum CS	1.60 (0.83, 3.09)	0.16	0.99 (0.48, 2.05)	0.98
antepartum CS	1.77 (1.06, 3.00)	0.030	2.00 (1.09, 3.65)	0.024
Postpartum hemorrhaging	1.97 (1.18, 3.30)	0.009	1.31 (0.71, 2.41)	0.39
Hemoglobin after delivery, g/dL	0.83 (0.71, 0.97)	0.019	0.93 (0.78, 1.12)	0.45
Birth weight of infant < 2500 g	0.60 (0.28, 1.29)	0.19	0.58 (0.26, 1.32)	0.19
Male	1.03 (0.69, 1.53)	0.83	1.05 (0.69, 1.60)	0.82
Use of infant formula or water before weight loss ≥10%	0.95 (0.53, 1.69)	0.86	0.65 (0.34, 1.23)	0.18

Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, CS Caesarean section
^a Adjusted for maternal age, primiparity, infertility treatment, antepartum Caesarean section, postpartum hemorrhaging, and the hemoglobin level after delivery

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