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Table 6 Relationship between misuse of infant formula and child care experience

From: Some Japanese mothers do not follow package instructions of infant formula: a web-based analytical cross-sectional study

  

Child age (< 6 months old / ≥ 6 months old)

 

First-born status (First-born/Later-born)

  

OR (95% CI)

p value

 

OR (95%CI)

p value

Does the infant formula you use have the label “Infant formula in powdered form " or “Infant formula in liquid form “?

Yes

Reference

  

Reference

 

No

0.928 (0.334–2.580)

0.886

 

2.230 (0.778–6.390)

0.136

Do you use a measuring spoon and the prescribed amount of hot water to make infant formula according to the directions on the package?

Yes

Reference

.

 

Reference

 

No

1.610 (0.375–6.950)

0.520

 

0.436 (0.086–2.220)

0.317

Have you ever given your child infant formula that has been made more than two hours after you made?

Yes

Reference

  

Reference

 

No

1.610 (0.819–3.150)

0.168

 

0.905 (0.463–1.770)

0.771

Have you ever added anything to your infant formula and given it to your child?

Yes

0.871 (0.404–1.880)

0.725

 

0.970 (0.446–2.110)

0.938

No

Reference

  

Reference