Table 2 Feeding method of twin pairs
From: Breast-feeding rates and related maternal and infants’ obstetric factors in Japanese twins
Concordant | Discordant | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full breast-feeding | Partial breast-feeding | Formula feeding | Full breast-feeding and partial breast-feeding | Partial breast-feeding and formula feeding | Full breast-feeding and formula feeding | |||||||
n (pairs) | % | n (pairs) | % | n (pairs) | % | n (pairs) | % | n (pairs) | % | n (pairs) | % | |
0 months | 339 | 17.4 | 1,137 | 58.3 | 380 | 19.5 | 39 | 2.0 | 42 | 2.2 | 14 | 0.7 |
1 month | 267 | 14.5 | 1,092 | 59.4 | 407 | 22.2 | 25 | 1.4 | 32 | 1.7 | 14 | 0.8 |
2 months | 246 | 13.8 | 899 | 50.3 | 575 | 32.1 | 29 | 1.6 | 23 | 1.3 | 17 | 1.0 |
3 months | 201 | 11.3 | 839 | 47.3 | 674 | 38.0 | 25 | 1.4 | 21 | 1.2 | 15 | 0.8 |
4 months | 137 | 7.9 | 706 | 40.7 | 836 | 48.2 | 20 | 1.2 | 21 | 1.2 | 14 | 0.8 |
5 months | 121 | 7.2 | 635 | 37.6 | 874 | 51.8 | 16 | 0.9 | 24 | 1.4 | 17 | 1.0 |
6 months | 108 | 6.6 | 595 | 36.1 | 893 | 54.1 | 14 | 0.8 | 24 | 1.5 | 16 | 1.0 |