title: [Birth weight as a factor influencing infant feeding in Polish maternity wards].
abstract: Data on 11784 newborns collected by staff in 427 maternity hospitals in 1995 were analysed. In all 97.2% of newborns were breastfed, but only 72.5% with birth weight less than 2500 g. Univariate logistic regression model with birth weight as a continuous variable was applied to calculate the probability of breastfeeding initiation. Using bivariate logistic regression models, different groups of newborns were compared to explain the additional influence of 4 dichotomous variable: type of delivery (normal birth and caesarean section), neonatal problems (jaundice, birth asphyxia, disorders of adaptation after birth, infections, congenital malformations) and two hospital practices: rooming-in and skin-to-skin contact. Multivariate conditional logistic regression model showed that the independent prognostic factors for breastfeeding initiation were: birth weight (continuous), rooming-in (OR=5.5; CI(OR)=3.9-7.9) skin-to-skin contact after birth (OR=3.4; CI(OR)=2.6-4.5) and lack of neonatal problems (OR=2.1; CI(OR)=1.6-2.7). Logistic regression curves showed that influence of skin-to-skin contact and rooming-in after birth on breastfeeding initiation was more evident for newborn with lower birth weight.
authors.affiliation: Zaklad Promocji Karmienia Piersia, Instytut Matki i Dziecka, Kasprzaka 17a, 01-211, Warszawa, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mikiel-Kostyra
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mazur
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002657:Child Development; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D011044:Poland; D012044:Regression Analysis