Table 3. Effect of Covariate Adjustment on Estimated Associations of Breastfeeding Duration* with Child Cognition.
Age 3 years (n=1224) | Age 7 years (n=1037) | ||
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Points per month breastfed and 95% confidence interval | |||
PPVT-III | KBIT-II verbal | KBIT-II non-verbal | |
Model 0: Child age & sex | 0.58 (0.40, 0.76) | 0.96 (0.77, 1.14) | 0.65 (0.43, 0.87) |
Model 1: Model 0 + fetal growth, gestational age | 0.57 (0.39, 0.75) | 0.95 (0.76, 1.14) | 0.64 (0.42, 0.86) |
Model 2: Model 1 + demographic variables† | 0.29 (0.12, 0.47) | 0.46 (0.28, 0.65) | 0.38 (0.13, 0.62) |
Model 3: Model 2 + HOME score | 0.29 (0.11, 0.46) | 0.46 (0.27, 0.64) | 0.38 (0.13, 0.62) |
Model 4: Model 3 + maternal IQ | 0.21 (0.03, 0.38) | 0.35 (0.16, 0.53) | 0.29 (0.05, 0.54) |
any breastfeeding through 12 months of age
child race/ethnicity, maternal age, parity, smoking status, parental education level and marital status, annual household income, maternal depression at 6 months post-partum, maternal employment and child care at age 6 months, and primary language