TY - JOUR ID - 40833 TI - Factors Affecting Exclusive Breastfeeding, Using Adaptive LASSO Regression JO - International Journal of Community Based Nursing & Midwifery JA - IJCBNM LA - en SN - 2322-2476 AU - Maharlouei, Najmeh AU - Pourhaghighi, Amirhosein AU - Raeisi Shahraki, Hadi AU - Zohoori, Dariush AU - Bagheri Lankarani, Kamran AD - Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Medical Students’ Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Health Policy Research Center (HPRC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 6 IS - 3 SP - 260 EP - 271 KW - Determinants KW - Exclusive breastfeeding KW - Iran KW - Lactation DO - 10.30476/ijcbnm.2018.40833 N2 - Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in the first six months of the life can significantly improve maternal and children health, and it is especially important in low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to determine the factors affecting EBF duration in a sample of Iranian infants.Methods: This prospective study was conducted between April 2012 and October 2014 in Fars, Iran. Women (N=2640), who had given birth to healthy term infants were categorized into EBF versus non-EBF groups. Demographic information from mothers and infants, medical and drug history, and pregnancy related factors were compared between the two groups. Multivariable analysis was performed using Adaptive Lasso regression. P UR - https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_40833.html L1 - https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_40833_cd1aff3229bbce8352f61a9ae281dfe9.pdf ER -