Newborn First Feed and Prelacteal Feeds in Mansoura, Egypt

Table 2

Prelacteal feeding before first suckling according to maternal characteristics.

	Total	Prelacteal feeding 𝑁 (%)	𝑃 value	OR (95% CI)
Overall	647	374 (57.8)		(54.0–61.6)
Residence
Rural	393	183 (46.6)		1 (r)
Urban	254	191 (75.2)	≤0.001	3.5 (2.4–5.0)
Mother’s age
<20 years	279	171 (62.4)		1 (r)
20–<35 years	319	172 (53.9)	0.04	0.7 (0.5–0.99)
35 and more	54	31 (57.4)	0.5	08 (0.4–1.5)
Mother’s education
<secondary	104	57 (54.8)		1 (r)
Secondary	316	165 (52.2)	0.6	0.9 (0.6–1.4)
>secondary	227	152 (67.0)	0.003	1.7 (1.01–2.8)
Mother’s work
No	502	293 (58.4)		1 (r)
Yes	145	81 (55.9)	0.6	0.9 (0.6–1.3)
Father’s education
<secondary	122	54 (44.3)		1 (r)
Secondary	295	182 (61.7)	0.001	2.0 (1.3–3.2)
>secondary	230	138 (60.0)	0.005	1.9 (1.2–3.0)
Father’s work
Farmer/manual worker	326	181 (55.5)		1 (r)
Professional/employee	192	119 (62.0)	0.2	1.3 (0.9–1.9)
Trades/business/others	129	74 (57.4)	0.7	1.1 (0.7–1.7)
Family income
Sufficient	366	220 (60.1)		1 (r)
Insufficient	281	154 (54.8)	0.2	0.8 (0.6–1.1)
Social class
Very low	226	98 (43.4)		1 (r)
Low	127	71 (55.9)	0.02	1.7 (0.04–2.6)
Middle	155	97 (62.6)	≤0.001	2.2 (1.4–3.4)
High	139	108 (77.7)	≤0.001	4.6 (2.8–7.6)
Maternal obesity
No	267	128 (47.9)		1 (r)
Obese/overweight	380	246 (64.7)	≤0.001	2.0 (1.4–2.8)

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; r: reference group.