Characteristics Associated With Adding Cereal Into the Bottle Among Immigrant Mother-Infant Dyads of Low Socioeconomic Status and Hispanic Ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Determine maternal and infant characteristics associated with adding cereal into the bottle.

Design

Secondary data analysis.

Participants

Study participants were immigrant, low-income, urban mother-infant dyads (n = 216; 91% Hispanic, 19% US-born) enrolled in a randomized controlled trial entitled the Bellevue Project for Early Language, Literacy and Education Success.

Main outcome measures

Maternal characteristics (age, marital status, ethnicity, primary language, country of origin, education, work status, income, depressive symptoms, and concern about infant's future weight) and infant characteristics (gender, first born, and difficult temperament).

Analysis

Fisher exact test, chi-square test, and simultaneous multiple logistic regression of

SUBMITTER: Lucas CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5682590 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature