Latent trajectories of infant breast milk consumption in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Patterns of breastfeeding over time are not currently well understood. Limited qualitative and quantitative evidence suggests that there may be latent subgroups of mothers in the United States following very different trajectories of breast milk provision for their infants. This study used a quantitative modelling method (group-based trajectory modelling) to identify and describe these subgroups. Using data from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II (n = 3,023), the authors identified four distinct trajectories of breastfeeding intensity, each of which included a substantial subset of the total sample. A model with four groups fit the data well by objective and conceptual standards. Bivariate associations were analysed, and significant difference between trajectory group membership was fou

SUBMITTER: Whipps MDM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7198923 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature