Adjusted matched odds ratios for diarrhoeal disease and current infant feeding
Age <6 months | Age ⩾6 months* | All infants | |
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OR† (95% CI) | OR‡ (95% CI) | OR§ (95% CI) | |
*Two infants who had not been weaned onto solids were excluded from models based on infants aged ⩾6 months. | |||
†In infants aged <6 months, OR adjusted for age (as a continuous variable), weaning, social class, and contact with person in household. | |||
‡In infants aged ⩾6 months, OR adjusted for age (as a continuous variable), sex, travel, mixer, contact with person with diarrhoea/vomiting in household and outside household. | |||
§In models based on all infants, OR adjusted for age (as a continuous variable), sex, weaning, social class, travel, mixer, contact with person in household and outside household. | |||
EBM, exclusive breast milk. | |||
Current feeding | |||
EBM | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mixed | 2.97 (0.51 to 17.33) | 1.55 (0.26 to 9.36) | 2.31 (0.66 to 8.14) |
Formula | 3.77 (0.95 to 15.02) | 4.49 (1.28 to 15.68) | 3.88 (1.55 to 9.72) |
p = 0.14 | p = 0.021 | p = 0.008 | |
Current feeding | |||
Any breast milk | 1 | 1 | 1 |
No breast milk | 2.21 (0.81 to 6.01) | 3.74 (1.39 to 10.03) | 2.74 (1.35 to 5.57) |
p = 0.122 | p = 0.009 | p = 0.005 | |
Current feeding | |||
EBM | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Not EBM | 3.64 (0.92 to 14.34) | 4.08 (1.17 to 14.17) | 3.62 (1.45 to 9.03) |
p = 0.065 | p = 0.027 | p = 0.006 |