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Table 2 Relationship between participant attributes and D-MER experience n = 202

From: Dysphoric milk ejection reflex among Japanese mothers: a self-administered survey

 

Participant(n)

D-MER

D-MER

P value

experienced group (n-47)

N (%)

no experience (n = 155)

Age(years)

    
 

<35 (99)

29 (61.7)

70 (45.2)

0.047*a)

 

 35 (103)

18 (38.3)

85 (54.8)

 

Parity

    
 

Primiparous (53)

15 (31.9)

38 (24.5)

0.312a)

 

Multiparous (149)

32 (68.1)

117 (75.5)

 

Educational

    

(graduation)

Junior high school /high school (63)

14 (29.8)

49 (31.6)

0.796b)

 

Vocational school (54)

15 (31.9)

39 (25.2)

 
 

Junior college/university (85)

18 (38.3)

67 (43.2)

 

Troubled experience breastfeeding

    
 

Experienced (132)

40 (85.1)

92 (59.3)

0.001**a)

 

No experience (70)

7 (14.9)

63 (40.6)

 

Recognition of D-MER

    
 

Known(66)

23(48.9)

43 (27.7)

0.007**a)

 

Unknown (136)

24(51.1)

112 (72.3)

 
  1. a:Chi-square test, b:Mann-Whitney U test *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01