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Table 2 Association between the duration of breastfeeding and frequency of non-nutritive sucking habits (n = 1034)

From: The association between nutritive, non-nutritive sucking habits and primary dental occlusion

  

Daily pacifier vs non daily pacifier

Daily thumb/digit sucking vs non daily thumb/digit sucking

n

%

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

Duration of breastfeeding

0.000*

 

0.143

  > 6 months

246

23.8

0.412

0.259–0.655

0.000*

0.599

0.318-1.128

0.112

 0-6 months

471

45.6

0.840

0.598–1.180

0.134

1.042

0.645–1.683

0.867

 Never

317

30.7

1

–

–

1

–

–

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. a Adjusted for background information (age and gender)
  3. * p < 0.05
  4. Boldface data are variables with p < 0.05 or OR (95%CI) < 1