Effect of Labor Epidural Anesthesia on Breast-feeding.
Outcomes | Odds Ratio | *95% CI | P Value† |
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Primary outcome | |||
Two breast-feedings within 24 h (total LATCH score = 7, latch score = 2/2) | 0.53 | 0.28–1.03 | .044 |
Secondary outcomes | |||
Two breast-feedings within 24 h (total LATCH score = 7) | 0.49 | 0.21–1.11 | .060 |
Two breast-feedings within 24 h (latch score = 2/2) | 0.53 | 0.28–1.03 | .044 |
Bottle supplement during stay | 2.63 | 1.43–4.85 | <.001 |
Bottle supplement before two breast-feedings (latch score = 2/2) | 2.17 | 1.00–4.74 | .031 |
Bottle supplement within 24 h | 2.55 | 1.26–5.18 | .004 |
First breast-feeding attempt within 1 h | 1.66 | 0.93–2.97 | .064 |
* Cornfield’s method 95% confidence interval.
† Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test.