Sociodemographic and perinatal factors and excessive infant crying (n=286)
| Excessive crying (n=286) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n=257) | Yes (n=29) | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | OR | 95% CI | p Value | ||
| Marital status prior to pregnancy | ||||||||
| Married | 99 | 93.4 | 7 | 6.6 | – | – | – | – |
| Not married | 158 | 87.8 | 22 | 12.2 | 1.97 | 0.81 | 4.78 | 0.134 |
| Level of maternal education | ||||||||
| High education (>10th grade) | 183 | 92.4 | 15 | 7.6 | – | – | – | – |
| Low education (10th grade) | 74 | 84.1 | 14 | 15.9 | 2.31 | 1.06 | 5.02 | 0.035 |
| Maternal occupation | ||||||||
| Employed | 236 | 90.1 | 26 | 9.9 | – | – | – | – |
| Not employed | 21 | 87.5 | 3 | 12.5 | 1.30 | 0.36 | 4.64 | 0.690 |
| Parity | ||||||||
| Multiparous | 107 | 90.7 | 11 | 9.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Primiparous | 150 | 89.3 | 18 | 10.7 | 1.17 | 0.53 | 2.57 | 0.701 |
| Prematurity | ||||||||
| >37 weeks gestational age | 248 | 90.2 | 27 | 9.8 | – | – | – | – |
| <37 weeks gestational age | 9 | 81.8 | 2 | 18.2 | 2.04 | 0.42 | 9.94 | 0.377 |
| Type of delivery | ||||||||
| Vaginal delivery | 245 | 90.4 | 26 | 9.6 | – | – | – | – |
| Caesarian section | 12 | 80.0 | 3 | 20.0 | 2.36 | 0.62 | 8.89 | 0.206 |
| Sex of infant | ||||||||
| Female | 128 | 92.1 | 11 | 7.9 | – | – | – | – |
| Male | 129 | 87.8 | 18 | 12.2 | 1.62 | 0.74 | 3.57 | 0.229 |
| mean | SD | mean | SD | OR | 95% CI | p Value | ||
| Maternal age | 28.4 | 4.3 | 25.9 | 4.8 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.95 | 0.004 |
| Birth weight | 3450.9 | 461.2 | 3361.4 | 421.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.318 |
(n) number, (%) percentage, excessive infant crying was defined as crying for ≥3 h per day ≥3 days per week for ≥3 weeks, bold characters display statistically significant associations on the 5% level.