Table 4.

The number of guidelines met and social-cognitive development

	Mean (95% CI) for each group			Mean (95% CI) difference between groups
	Meeting 0# or 1 guideline (n = 41)	Meeting 2 guidelines (n = 170)	Meeting 3 guidelines (n = 37)	2–1	3–1	3–2	P for trend
TEC total*	8.34 (7.09, 9.58)	9.70 (9.16, 10.24)	10.11 (9.21, 11.02)	1.37 (0.34, 2.39), p = 0.01	1.78 (0.27, 3.29), p = 0.02	0.41 (−0.40, 1.22), p = 0.30	0.034
ToM total	2.10 (1.68, 2.52)	2.29 (2.04, 2.53)	2.57 (2.33, 2.82)	0.19 (−0.37, 0.74), p = 0.49	0.47 (−0.08, 1.02), p = 0.09	0.29 (0.03, 0.55), p = 0.03)	0.095

Findings are from linear regression models adjusted for child age, sex, vocabulary, suburb-level socio-economic status & childcare-level clustering

TEC Test of Emotion Comprehension, ToM Theory of Mind

^# n = 2 for 0 guidelines met; *n = 243