Risk Factors for Chronic Mastitis in Morocco and Egypt

Table 3

Breastfeeding characteristics of 197 women who participated in a case-control study of chronic mastitis, Morocco and Egypt, 2011.

Characteristics	Case		Control		𝑃^a
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Total^(85,112)a	85	100	112	100
If parous, breastfed all children^(52,49)					0.690
Yes	43	82.69	39	79.59
No	9	17.31	10	20.41
If parous, breastfed at least one child^(67,66)					0.365^b
Yes	63	94.03	59	89.39
No	4	5.97	7	10.61
If history of breastfeeding, always used both breasts^(49,40)					0.0019*
Yes	25	51.02	33	82.50
No	24	48.98	7	17.50
Wears a bra^(55,77)					0.071
Yes	43	78.18	69	89.61
No	12	21.82	8	10.39

^a𝑃 value from Chi-square test.
^b𝑃 value from Fisher’s exact test.
*Significant at 𝛼≤0.05.