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Table 1 Characteristics and quality of the included studies

From: Incidence and factors influencing delayed onset of lactation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Maternal characteristic

DOL/total

Period

Country

Incidence (%)

Follow-up

NOS score

Method

Endpoint

Bai [18]

General

112/553

NR

China

20.3

ITV

OL

7

Chapman [19]

Full-term

68/192

Dec. 1996-May 1997

USA

35.4

MR, ITV

OL

7

Dewey [11]

General

62/271

Feb.-Dec. 1999

USA

22.9

ITV

3 d pp

7

Ding [20]

Full-term

107/340

Jan. 2018-Jan. 2019

China

31.5

QTN, ITV

72 h-7 d pp

7

Ding J [21]

Caesarean delivery

104/330

Sept. 2021-Jan. 2022

China

31.5

MR, ITV

7 d pp

7

Ding QY [22]

Age ≥ 35 years

106/277

Mar. 2021-Oct. 2021

China

38.3

MR, QTN, ITV

72 h pp

7

Dong [23]

Vaginal delivery

241/622

6 Nov. 2020-16 Jan. 2021

China

38.8

MR, QTN, ITV

OL

7

Haile [24]

General

487/2,053

2005–2007

USA

23.7

QTN

21 d pp*

7

Hilson [25]

General

28/114

Aug.-Nov. 1998

USA

24.6

MR, QTN, ITV

8–12 m pp*

7

Huang [26]

General

604/3,282

started in Jan. 2013

China

18.4

MR, QTN, ITV

OL

6

Kong, 2008 [27]

General

29/75

Oct.-Nov. 2005

Australia

38.7

MR, ITV

NR

6

Li [28]

MS, Premature

107/300

Feb. 2020-May 2021

China

35.7

QTN, ITV

OL

7

Lian [29]

Caesarean delivery

156/468

9 Oct. 2021-17 May 2022

China

33.3

MR, ITV

7 d pp

7

Lu [30]

MS

56/154

Jan.-Jun. 2021

China

36.4

QTN, ITV

7 d pp

7

Luan [5]

Premature

36/100

Feb. 2016-Dec. 2016

China

36.0

QTN

14 d pp

7

Luo [31]

GDM

99/388

Jan. 2015-Dec. 2018

China

25.2

MR, QTN, ITV

3 d pp or OL

7

Matias [32]

Primipara

30/171

Nov. 2005-Jun. 2006

Peru

17.5

MR, QTN, ITV

72–96 h pp

7

Mullen [33]

Non-GDM

98/177

Apr. 2009-Jul. 2010

Canada

55.4

MR, QTN, ITV

7 d pp

7

Nommsen-Rivers [4]

Primipara

190/431

Jan. 2006-Dec. 2007

USA

44.0

MR, ITV

7 d pp

7

Otoo [34]

General

19/425

Jan. 2004-Jun. 2007

Ghana

4.5

QTN

OL

7

Preusting [35]

General

114/219

27 Aug. 2014-15 Oct. 2015

USA

52.1

MR, QTN, ITV

14 d pp*

7

Quan [36]

General

268/1,185

1 Mar. 2021-27 Feb. 2022

China

22.6

QTN

NR

7

Rocha [37]

Primipara

42/224

19 Jan. 2017-23 May 2017

Brazil

18.8

MR, ITV

7 d pp

7

Salahudeen [38]

General

50/200

Jun. 2011-Dec. 2011

India

25.0

MR, ITV

7 d pp

6

Si [39]

GDM

96/284

Mar.-Oct. 2016

China

33.8

MR, QTN, ITV

72 h pp

7

Wang [40]

General

68/240

Jan.-Apr. 2018

China

28.3

MR, ITV

7 d pp

6

Wei [41]

General

722/2,109

Mar. 2019-Feb. 2021

China

34.2

QTN

NR

7

Xie [42]

Admitted to MICU

97/229

May-Oct. 2019

China

42.4

MR, QTN

OL

7

Xu [43]

General

91/269

Dec. 2019-Nov. 2020

China

33.8

QTN, ITV

NR

7

Xue [44]

General

58/204

Sept. 2013-May 2014

China

28.4

MR, QTN, ITV

72 h pp

7

Zhang [45]

Primipara

86/300

Jan.-Jun. 2022

China

28.7

MR, QTN, ITV

NR

6

Zhang YY [46]

General

64/334

Mar.-Jun. 2020

China

19.2

MR, QTN, ITV

72 h pp

7

Zhang ZY [47]

General

110/281

Jan.-Dec. 2019

China

39.1

MR, ITV

OL

6

Zhao [48]

General

119/358

Oct. 2020-Nov. 2021

China

33.2

QTN, ITV

3 d pp

7

Zhu [49]

General

198/2,017

Mar.-Nov. 2008

China

9.8

MR, QTN, ITV

2 m pp*

7

  1. MS, maternal separation; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus; MICU, maternal intensive care unit; MR, medical record; QTN, questionnaire; ITV, interview; NR, not reported; pp, postpartum; m, months; d, days; h, hours
  2. *For the studies with longer follow-up times, the dropout rates were 19.65% (Haile 2017 [24]), 16.79% (Hilson 2004 [25]), 4.00% (Preusting 2017 [35]), and 20.58% (Zhu 2013 [49]), respectively