Newborn First Feed and Prelacteal Feeds in Mansoura, Egypt

Table 3

Prelacteal feeding before first suckling according to antenatal care, delivery, and infant’s characteristics.

	Total	Prelacteal feeding 𝑁 (%)	𝑃 value	OR (95% CI)
Source of antenatal care
Primary health care	100	46 (46.0)		1 (r)
Governmental hospital	76	34 (44.7)	0.9	0.95 (0.5–1.8)
Private clinics	439	275 (62.6)	0.002	2.0 (1.2–3.1)
>one source	14	5 (35.7)	0.5	0.7 (0.2–2.3)
None	18	14 (77.8)	0.01	4.1 (1.2–16.0)
Number of antenatal visits
<5	158	86 (54.4)		1 (r)
5–9	328	179 (54.6)	0.98	1.01 (0.7–1.5)
10 and more	143	95 (66.4)	0.03	1.7 (1.01–2.7)
None	18	14 (77.8)	0.06	2.9 (0.9–11.1)
Place of delivery
Home	60	22 (36.7)		1 (r)
Governmental hospital	191	89 (46.6)	0.2	1.5 (0.8–2.9)
Private clinic/hospital	396	263 (66.4)	≤0.001	3.4 (1.9–6.3)
Model of delivery
Vaginal delivery	440	218 (49.5)		1 (r)
Caesarean section	207	156 (75.4)	≤0.001	3.1 (2.1–4.6)
Infant sex
Male	348	179 (51.4)		1 (r)
Female	299	195 (65.2)	≤0.001	1.8 (1.3–2.5)
Birth order
First born	244	154 (63.1)		1 (r)
2nd and 3rd	333	186 (55.9)	0.08	0.7 (0.5–1.1)
4th and more	70	34 (48.6)	0.03	0.6 (0.3–0.98)
Low birth weight
No	598	333 (55.7)		1 (r)
Yes	49	41 (83.7)	≤0.001	4.1 (1.8–9.6)
Preterm
No	556	310 (55.8)		1 (r)
Yes	91	64 (70.3)	0.009	1.9 (1.1–3.1)
NICU admission
No	575	315 (54.8)		1 (r)
Yes	72	59 (81.9)	≤0.001	3.8 (1.9–7.4)

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; r: reference group; NICU: neonatal intensive care unit.