Table 3 Association between Various Early Feeding Practices Assessed by Pearson Correlation
Breastfeeding Duration | Age of formula introduction | Age of solid food introduction | Age of fruit juice introduction | Age at which fruit juice was introduced in bottle | Duration of offering fruit juice in bottle | Age at which date syrup-milk mixture was introduced in bottle | Duration of offering date syrup-milk mixture in bottle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breastfeeding Duration | - | |||||||
Age of formula introduction | 0.53** | - | ||||||
Age of solid food introduction | 0.06 | 0.06 | - | |||||
Age of fruit juice introduction | -0.01 | -0.14 | 0.29** | - | ||||
Age at which fruit juice was introduced in bottle | -0.02 | -0.01 | 0.45** | 0.84** | - | |||
Duration of offering fruit juice in bottle | 0.15 | 0.21* | -0.15 | -0.04 | -0.06 | - | ||
Age at which date syrup-milk mixture was introduced in bottle | -0.15 | -0.06 | 0.26* | 0.07 | -0.08 | -0.08 | - | |
Duration of offering date syrup-milk mixture in bottle | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.23τ | 0.01 | 0.25* | - |