Research Article
Risk Factors for Chronic Mastitis in Morocco and Egypt
Table 3
Breastfeeding characteristics of 197 women who participated in a case-control study of chronic mastitis, Morocco and Egypt, 2011.
| Characteristics | Case | Control | | | % | | % |
| Total(85,112)a | 85 | 100 | 112 | 100 | | If parous, breastfed all children(52,49) | | | | | 0.690 | Yes | 43 | 82.69 | 39 | 79.59 | | No | 9 | 17.31 | 10 | 20.41 | | If parous, breastfed at least one child(67,66) | | | | | 0.365b | Yes | 63 | 94.03 | 59 | 89.39 | | No | 4 | 5.97 | 7 | 10.61 | | If history of breastfeeding, always used both breasts(49,40) | | | | | 0.0019* | Yes | 25 | 51.02 | 33 | 82.50 | | No | 24 | 48.98 | 7 | 17.50 | | Wears a bra(55,77) | | | | | 0.071 | Yes | 43 | 78.18 | 69 | 89.61 | | No | 12 | 21.82 | 8 | 10.39 | |
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a value from Chi-square test.
b value from Fisher’s exact test.
*Significant at .
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