Group of children | Type of occlusion | Logistic regression Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p value | |
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Altered (%) | Normal (%) | |||
NNS+, children with non-nutritive sucking activity for more than 1 year; NNS−, children without non-nutritive sucking. | ||||
Bottle feeding | 188 (41) | 271 (59) | 1.28 (0.99 to 1.66) | 0.0576 |
Breast feeding | 205 (32) | 435 (68) | ||
NNS+ | 312 (42) | 425 (58) | 2.43 (1.82 to 3.25) | <0.0001 |
NNS− | 81 (22) | 281 (78) |