Table 4 Overjet and open bite at 30 months, and breastfeeding at 12, 18 and 30 months after birth in children living in the southeast of Brazil
From: Longitudinal study of habits leading to malocclusion development in childhood
Breastfeeding | Malocclusion | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overjet* | Open bite | ||||||||
yes | no | yes | no | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
12 months | yes | 8 | 17.39 | 24 | 70.59 | 3 | 11.11 | 29 | 54.72 |
no | 38 | 82.61 | 10 | 29.41 | 24 | 88.89 | 24 | 45.28 | |
total | 46 | 100.00 | 34 | 100.00 | 27 | 100.00 | 53 | 100.00 | |
18 months | yes | 3 | 6.52 | 17 | 50.00 | 1 | 3.70 | 19 | 35.85 |
no | 43 | 93.48 | 17 | 50.00 | 26 | 96.30 | 34 | 64.15 | |
total | 46 | 100.00 | 34 | 100.00 | 27 | 100.00 | 53 | 100.00 | |
30 months | yes | 2 | 4.35 | 8 | 23.53 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 18.87 |
no | 44 | 95.65 | 26 | 76.47 | 27 | 100.00 | 43 | 81.13 | |
total | 46 | 100.00 | 34 | 100.00 | 27 | 100.00 | 53 | 100.00 | |