Table 3: Association between exclusive breastfeeding, total duration of breastfeeding, number of children in the family, history of parental sucking and digital sucking (univariate analysis).

Variable p-value Odds ratio 95% CI
Exclusive BF* 0.025 2.28 1.11-4.70
Total duration of BF* 0.252 0.96 0.89-1.03
Index parent sucked 0.010 0.30 0.12-0.75
Other parent sucked 0.019 0.39 0.18-0.86
Both parents sucked 0.036 4.63 1.11-19.4
Number of children 0.560 1.09 0.81-1.46

*Breastfeeding.