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Table 5 Association between EBF practices and participation in the VSLA N@C project

From: Participation in the “nutrition at the Centre” project through women’s group improved exclusive breastfeeding practices, as measured by the deuterium oxide dose-to-mother technique

Parameter

OR

Adjusteda

Z

P - value

95% CI

Assessment of exclusive breastfeeding by deuterium oxide technique1

Group VSLA-N@C

13.9

2.42

0.015

1.6–116.5

Assessment of exclusive breastfeeding by 24 h-recall2

  

Group VSLA-N@C

8.2

2.01

0.044

1.0–64.1

  1. aOdd ratio adjusted by being a member of the VSLA, mothers’ BMI and children’s age, WAZ and WLZ; 1specification model: number of observations = 102; LR chi-square (6) = 20.03; log likelihood = −44.431591; pseudo R2 = 0.1839; 2specification model: number of observations = 102; LR chi-square (6) = 16.49; log likelihood = −36.06656; pseudo R2 = 0.1861
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International Breastfeeding Journal

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