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Table 4 AOM among Children Younger than 2 Years of Age in Jordan/JUH who were Exclusively Breastfed for 3Months and Children who 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)

Exclusively Breastfed-3 months

22 (62.9)

17 (29.3)

10.088

0.001

1.7

Exclusively Breastfed -6 months

13 (37.1)

41 (70.7)

Total

35 (37.6%)

58 (62.4%)

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