Association between maternal sociodemographic characteristics and exclusive mother's own milk feeding in preterm infants: a cohort study using data from the National Neonatal Research Database.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To ascertain the sociodemographic and geographical determinants of exclusive and no mother's own milk (MOM) feeding for infants <34 weeks' gestational age (GA) in England and Wales.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study using the National Neonatal Research Database (2016-2022). We calculated unadjusted and mutually adjusted ORs for exclusive and no MOM feeding throughout an infant's neonatal stay, by maternal age group, ethnicity and deprivation quintile. Neonatal Operational Delivery Network and unit were included as random effects, and the adjusted models included other potential confounders such as gestational age and mode of delivery.

Results

Among the 90 730 infants, 11 962 (13.2%) were exclusively MOM fed, while 9018 (9.9%) never received MOM. The od

SUBMITTER: Ryan MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12418531 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature