Exclusive Breastfeeding and Associated Factors among Mothers with Twins in the Tamale Metropolis

Table 3

Infants factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding.

Variable	Exclusive breast feeding (%)		p-value
	No ()	Yes ()
Gender of children
Male	45.5	52.6	0.376
Female	54.5	47.4
Gestational age
Pre term	55.4	47.1	0.714
At term	43.4	52.9
Post term	1.2	0.0
Birth weight (1^st twin)
LBW	62.7	58.8	0.764
NBW	37.3	41.2
Birth weight (2^nd twin)
LBW	53.0	54.5	0.374
NBW	44.0	45.5
Admission into NICU
No	18.1	41.2	0.036
Yes	81.9	58.8
Suckling ability at birth
Poor	48.8	51.2	0.425
Normal	51.2	48.8

p-value <0.05.