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. 2016 Aug;138(2):e20152388. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-2388

TABLE 6.

Mediation of Differences in Breastfeeding Initiation, Postnatal Intent, and Duration Between Black and Spanish-speaking Hispanic Mothers

Variable β 95% Confidence Interval
Breastfeeding initiation
 Path C
  Black −1.57 −2.04 to −1.10
 Path A
  Maternal grandmother breastfed −2.84 −3.56 to −2.11
 Path B and Path C′
  Maternal grandmother breastfed 0.90 0.37 to 1.43
  Black −1.12 −1.66 to −0.57
Breastfeeding postnatal intent
 Path C
  Black −1.64 −2.11 to −1.16
 Path A
  Maternal grandmother breastfed −2.84 −3.56 to −2.11
 Path B and Path C′
  Maternal grandmother breastfed 1.21 0.60 to 1.82
  Black −1.04 −1.60 to −0.48
Breastfeeding duration
 Path C
  Black −10.25 −12.30 to −8.21
 Path A
  Coresident father −0.27 −0.33 to −0.21
  Maternal grandmother breastfed −0.36 −0.43 to −0.29
 Path B and Path C′
  Coresident father 4.07 2.09 to 6.04
  Maternal grandmother breastfed 4.68 2.55 to 6.81
  Black −6.07 −8.49 to −3.65

In these models, black mothers were coded as 0, and Spanish-speaking Hispanic mothers were coded as 1.