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Table 6 Feeding practices among HIV positive and HIV negative women at KIBS1 and KIBS2

From: Are we doing enough? Improved breastfeeding practices at 14 weeks but challenges of non-initiation and early cessation of breastfeeding remain: findings of two consecutive cross-sectional surveys in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Feeding practice

HIV positive

n = 1577

P value

HIV negative

n = 2765

P value

KIBS1

KIBS2

KIBS1

KIBS2

(n = 1274)

(n = 303)

(n = 2293)

(n = 472)

n

%wgt

n

%

n

%wgt

n

%

Never breastfed

212

20.1%

41

13.5%

0.15

121

5.0%

16

3.4%

0.25

Stopped breastfeeding

223

20.1%

66

21.8%

0.66

367

15.7%

66

14.0%

0.48

Mixed BF

142

11.5%

18

5.9%

0.01

635

28.4%

110

23.3%

0.19

Exclusive breastfeeding

697

48.4%

178

58.8%

0.03

1170

50.9%

280

59.3%

0.08

Total

1274

100%

303

100%

 

2293

100%

472

100%

 
  1. Significant associations shown in bold text