The Effect of Exclusive Breastfeeding on Hospital Stay and Morbidity due to Various Diseases in Infants under 6 Months of Age: A Prospective Observational Study

Table 5

Tests of significance depicting morbidity pattern in relation to breastfeeding.

Morbidity	Odds ratio with 95% CI	Chi square test ()	value
Gastroenteritis	0.5672 (0.3282–0.9804)	4.1601	0.0414
Bronchopneumonia	0.4951 (0.2539–0.9657)	4.3476	0.03705
Bronchiolitis	0.3992 (0.165–0.9659)	4.362	0.036706
Meningitis/encephalitis	0.1485 (0.0176–1.2532)	4.0743	0.043541
Septicemia	0.2203 (0.0458–1.061)	4.2218	0.0399