Table 2 Breastfeeding pattern to 6 months in infants
From: Postnatal weight loss and exclusive breastfeeding in newborn
Infant’s age | group | p-value* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss weight less or equal 5% | Loss weight more than 5% | ||||||||
Type of nutrition | Type of nutrition | ||||||||
Breastfeeding (incomplete), n (%) | Formula, n (%) | Breastfeeding (full), n (%) | Breastfeeding (incomplete), n (%) | Formula, n (%) | Breastfeeding, (full) n (%) | Total, n (%) | |||
After Birth until 3 days | 192 (28.8) | 89 (13.4) | 385 (57.8) | 666 (100) | 4 (0.9) | 4 (0.9) | 427 (98.2) | 435 (100) | x2 = 221.470 P < 0.001 |
10 to 15 days | 198 (30.1) | 93 (14.3) | 367 (55.8) | 658 (100) | 50 (11.5) | 14 (3.2) | 371 (83.5) | 435 (100) | x2 = 105.56 P < 0.001 |
30 to 45 days | 196 (29.9) | 95 (14.5) | 365 (55.6) | 656 (100) | 79 (18.2) | 29 (6.7) | 327 (75.2) | 435 (100) | x2 = 43.03 P < 0.001 |
2 months old | 196 (30.2) | 137 (21.1) | 317 (48.8) | 650 (100) | 83 (19.8) | 55 (12.8) | 293 (68) | 431 (100) | x2 = 38.96 P < 0.001 |
4 months old | 170 (26.2) | 173 (26.6) | 307 (47.2) | 650 (100) | 63 (14.6) | 95 (22) | 273 (63.3) | 431 (100) | x2 = 0.660 P = 30.6 |
6 months old | 151 (24.5) | 162 (26.3) | 303 (49.2) | 616 (100) | 62 (14.5) | 112 (26.2) | 253 (59.3) | 427 (100) | x2 = 17.12 P < 0.001 |