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Table 3 AOM among Children Younger than 2 Years of Age in Jordan/JUH who were Artificially Fed, Nonexclusively Breastfed, Exclusively Breastfed for 3Months, and Exclusively Breastfed for 6Months

From: Breastfeeding initiation and duration and acute otitis media among children less than two years of age in Jordan: results from a case–control study

Type of Feeding

Cases

Controls

Chi-Square

P value

Odds Ratio (OR)

Artificially Fed

23 (23.5)

17 (17.3)

20.647

0.000

 

Nonexclusively Breastfed

40 (40.8)

23 (23.5)

0.234

Exclusively Breastfed-3 months

22 (22.4)

17 (17.3)

0.182

Exclusively Breastfed -6 months

13 (13.3)

41 (41.9)

0.245

Total

98

98

 
  1. *Data are presented as the frequency (percent %)
  2. The difference is significant at the 0.05 level