Impact of an intervention for perinatal anxiety on breastfeeding: findings from the Happy Mother—Healthy Baby randomized controlled trial in Pakistan

Table 2 Estimated intervention effects (intervention arm relative to control arm) among 720 women with measured breastfeeding results in the HMHB trial

			Unadjusted Odds Ratio	Adjusted Odds Ratio
	Intervention Arm (n = 362) N (%)	Control Arm (n = 359) N (%)	Estimate (95% CI)^a	Estimate (95% CI)^b
Early breastfeeding	273 (75.4%)	247 (68.8%)	1.38 (0.99, 1.92)	1.38 (0.98, 1.92)
Exclusive early breastfeeding	47 (12.9%)	34 (9.5%)	1.42 (0.89, 2.27)	1.44 (0.90, 2.32)
Recent breastfeeding	327 (90.3%)	309 (86.1%)	1.48 (0.94, 2.35)	1.49 (0.93, 2.40)
Exclusive recent breastfeeding	178 (49.2%)	175 (48.7%)	1.01 (0.76, 1.35)	0.99 (0.74, 1.34)

Early breastfeeding refers to the first 24 h after birth. Recent breastfeeding refers to the last 24 h before the assessment at six-weeks postpartum
^a95% Confidence Intervals (CI) determined using logistic regression
^bAdjusted for gestational age, depression at enrolment (HADS), stress at enrolment (PSS-10), major social support (MSPSS), social support from family (MSPSS), maternal age, child’s sex, whether first pregnancy or not and history of stillbirth or miscarriage using logistic regression

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