Caesarean Section Delivery and Risk of Poor Childhood Growth

Table 4

Relationship between the mode of delivery and infant feeding practices.

Infant feeding practice	Mode of delivery		Crude odds ratio COR (CI)
	Caesarean	Vaginal
	n (%)	n (%)
Timely initiation of breast feeding within one hour	116 (52.7)	183 (70.4)	2.13 (1.46–3.10),
No bottle feeding in the past 24 hours	201 (83.1)	237 (82.9)	0.9 (0.63–1.56),
No prelacteal feeding	207 (87.7)	272 (95.8)	3.2 (1.58–6.37),
Introduction of complementary foods at 6 months	150 (62.0)	188 (65.7)	1.18 (0.08–1.03),
Child received colostrum	239 (98.8)	274 (95.8)	0.29 (1.62–7.90),
Adequate neonatal feeding	150 (62.0)	212 (74.1)	1.76 (1.21–2.55),