The Impact of Previous Pregnancy Loss on Lactating Behaviors and Use of Herbal Medicines during Breastfeeding: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Herbal Supplements in Breastfeeding InvesTigation (HaBIT)

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of interviewed breastfeeding women.

	Breastfeeding women, overall; n=233 ()	No History of miscarriages/stillbirths; n=153 ()	History of miscarriages/stillbirths; n=80 ()	p-value⁎
Median age (IQR), years	34 (31-37)	34 (30-37)	34 (32-37)	0.396
Educational level
Middle school certificate	13 (5.58)	8 (5.23)	5 (6.25)	0.871
High school certificate	79 (33.91)	51 (33.33)	28 (35.00)
University degree	141 (60.52)	94 (61.44)	47 (58.75)
Median age of newborn (IQR), months	12 (5-19)	11 (5-17)	13.50 (6 -21)	0.073
Type of birth
Vaginal without anesthesia	112 (48.07)	81 (52.94)	31 (38.75)	0.004
Vaginal with anesthesia	41 (17.60)	26 (16.99)	15 (18.75)
Vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery	13 (5.58)	12 (7.84)	1 (1.25)
Caesarian	67 (28.76)	34 (22.22)	33 (41.25)

from Fisher exact test