Neonatal factors associated with early weaning in a municipality in Bahia, Brazil: a cross-sectional study.
Aloysia Graça Costa Unfried, Gilvânia Patrícia do Nascimento Paixão, Chalana Duarte de Sena Fraga and 2 others
PMID 39392936WHAT IT FOUND
Babies using pacifiers or bottles were 18.96 times more likely to stop exclusive breastfeeding before six months among 180 mothers; babies given other milk in the maternity ward were 4.44 times more likely.
Key findings
01Exclusive breastfeeding was stopped before six months in 48.33% of the sample (n = 87).
02In the adjusted model, infants who used pacifiers and/or bottles were 18.96 times more likely to have early weaning (95% CI: 7.68-46.79; p < 0.001).
03In the adjusted model, infants who received another type of milk in the maternity ward were 4.44 times more likely to have early weaning (95% CI: 1.76-11.17; p = 0.022).
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What it does not show
The study was done in one municipality in interior Bahia, Brazil, so the results may not apply to other populations. It was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that pacifiers, bottles, or formula given in the maternity ward caused early weaning. Women were interviewed between 6 months and 24 months postpartum, so early feeding events relied on recall. The questionnaire was not validated, and the final model explained only 28% of the association.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the 18.96 times more likely result as proof that pacifiers or bottles caused early weaning. This was a cross-sectional survey, women were asked months after birth, and only one municipality was sampled.