Newborn First Feed and Prelacteal Feeds in Mansoura, Egypt

Table 4

Logistic regression analysis of the independent significant predictors of PLF before first suckling.

	𝛽	𝑃	AOR (95% CI)
Residence
Rural	—		1 (r)
Urban	1.3	≤0.001	3.8 (2.4–6.0)
Mother’s education
<secondary	—		1 (r)
Secondary	−0.9	0.5	0.6 (0.2–1.2)
>secondary	1.3	≤0.001	1.5 (1.1–2.3)
Father’s education
<secondary	—		1 (r)
Secondary	1.1	≤0.001	3.0 (1.7–5.3)
>secondary	0.2	0.6	1.2 (0.6–2.6)
Social class
Very low	—		1 (r)
Low	1.7	≤0.001	5.7 (2.9–11.4)
Middle	3.5	≤0.001	24.3 (12.0–37.9)
High	3.8	≤0.001	33.8 (24.1–39.8)
Maternal obesity
No	—		1 (r)
Obese/overweight	0.5	0.05	1.7 (1.1–2.8)
Source of antenatal care
Primary health care	—		1 (r)
Governmental hospital	−0.2	0.7	0.8 (0.4–1.9)
Private clinics	2.5	≤0.001	11.7 (2.2–19.4)
>one source	1.7	0.08	1.4 (0.6–5.4)
None	1.3	0.04	3.8 (1.9–5.2)
Model of delivery
Vaginal delivery	—		1 (r)
Caesarean section	0.7	≤0.001	2.1 (1.2–3.2)
Infant sex
Male	—		1 (r)
Female	0.5	0.01	1.7 (1.1–3.2)
Low birth weight
No	—		1 (r)
Yes	1.4	0.004	4.2 (1.6–11.2)
NICU admission
No	—		1 (r)
Yes	1.3	0.002	3.5 (1.6–7.8)
Constant	−1.3
Model 𝜒^2	262.9, 𝑃≤0.001
Percent correctly predicted	76.5

AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; r: reference group.