Effect of care intervention with a health education form for breastfeeding on breast distension, pain, and lactation in postpartum mothers

Table 1 Comparison of baseline data between two groups of patients, mean ± SD

Group	n	Age (years)	Pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)	Pregnancy week of delivery (weeks)	Pregnancy times	Newborn weight (g)	1-minute Apgar score	5-minute Apgar score	Natural/cesarean section
Intervention group	104	28.1 ± 2.9	28.50 ± 2.26	39.27 ± 0.94	1.78 ± 0.57	3114.2 ± 154.0	8.98 ± 0.48	9.23 ± 0.42	73/31
Control group	103	27.6 ± 3.3	28.58 ± 1.90	39.11 ± 1.10	1.72 ± 0.53	3158.1 ± 182.7	9.03 ± 0.47	9.24 ± 0.43	65/38
t/χ2		1.158	-0.276	1.125	0.784	-1.870	-0.757	-0.169	1.169
P value		0.248	0.783	0.262	0.434	0.063	0.450	0.866	0.280

BMI: Body mass index.