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Table 2 Prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding with short and prolonged duration of latency period of PROM in public hospitals, Southern Ethiopia, 2017

From: Latency period and early initiation of breastfeeding in term premature rupture of membrane in Southern Ethiopia, 2017

Outcome variable

Groups

P-value

COR(95%CI)

Short latency (n = 289)

Long latency (n = 91)

No

%

No

%

Initiation of breastfeeding

      

Early (within 1 h of delivery)

190

65.7

31

34.0

0.000*

3.715 (2.260,6.106)

Delayed (after 1 h of delivery)

99

34.3

60

66.0

  
  1. Chi-square test was used to obtain the p-value
  2. *Statistically significant at p = 0.000