Psychological factors affecting breastfeeding during the perinatal period in the UK: an observational longitudinal study

Table听4 Logistic regression analyses between predictors and exclusive breastfeeding outcomes at 1 and 6听months

听	Exclusive Breastfeeding 1听m			Exclusive Breastfeeding 6听m
听	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Predictors
鈥傾ntenatal Depressive Symptoms^a	1.0	0.96鈥�1.03	0.72	0.9	0.90鈥�1.02	0.29
鈥働ost-partum Depressive Symptoms 1听m	0.9	0.91鈥�1.07	0.79	0.9	0.89鈥�1.08	0.73
鈥僑tressful Events^a	0.9	0.91鈥�1.04	0.28	1.0	0.94鈥�1.09	0.69
鈥僀oping (Prob_Oriented)^a	0.9	0.78鈥�1.10	0.74	1.0	0.85鈥�1.26	0.79
鈥僂thnicity (Ref鈥�=鈥塏on-white)	1.19	0.59鈥�2.40	0.18	1.91	0.88鈥�4.14	0.09
鈥僂ducation (Ref鈥�=鈥塏o University degree)	2.2	0.96鈥�5.36	0.06	0.9	0.32鈥�2.72	0.90
鈥傾ntenatal intention to breastfeed (Ref鈥�=鈥塏o)	3.1	1.17鈥�8.47	0.02	4.1	0.88鈥�19.42	0.07

Note: ^aMean value from all three time points in pregnancy, 1听m鈥�=鈥塷ne month post-partum. Antenatal and post-partum predictors were calculated in different models

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