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Table 5 Mastitis: Multivariate analysis

From: A descriptive study of mastitis in Australian breastfeeding women: incidence and determinants

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

Adjusted Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

P

Group

       

ABFAB (Ref)

1

  

1

   

FBC

1.70

1.05

2.70

1.89

1.16

3.08

0.011

FPH

1.73

1.18

2.53

1.86

1.25

2.76

0.002

Cracked nipple

       

No (Ref)

1

  

1

   

Yes

1.92

1.29

2.86

1.71

1.14

2.56

0.010

Pain

       

<4 weeks (Ref)

1

  

1

   

≥ 4 weeks

1.73

1.27

2.36

1.58

1.15

2.19

0.005

Pain duration missing

   

0.61

0.33

1.13

0.113

  1. ABFAB = Attachment to the Breast and Family Attitudes to Breastfeeding trial; FBC = Family Birth Centre group; FPH = Frances Perry House (private hospital) group. Ref = Reference