Table 3.

Results of linear regression models testing associations between maternal prenatal antioxidant intakes and child temperament domains (N = 125)

Antioxidant Variable	Beta Estimate	CI Lower	CI Upper	P-value
Child Negative Affectivitya
Vitamin A	−0.25	−0.49	−0.01	0.047
Vitamin C	−0.009	−0.25	0.24	0.94
Vitamin E	−0.01	−0.26	0.23	0.91
Magnesium	0.002	−0.24	0.25	0.99
Zinc	−0.18	−0.42	0.07	0.15
Selenium	−0.23	−0.48	0.009	0.06
Beta-carotene	−0.27	−0.51	−0.03	0.03
Child Effortful Controla
Vitamin A	0.069	−0.16	0.29	0.55
Vitamin C	0.25	0.03	0.47	0.03
Vitamin E	−0.02	−0.25	0.20	0.83
Magnesium	0.11	−0.11	0.34	0.32
Zinc	0.01	−0.21	0.24	0.92
Selenium	0.05	−0.18	0.27	0.68
Beta-carotene	−0.02	−0.24	0.21	0.88
Child Surgency/Extraversiona
Vitamin A	0.11	−0.11	0.33	0.33
Vitamin C	0.19	−0.03	0.40	0.09
Vitamin E	−0.09	−0.31	0.13	0.42
Magnesium	0.01	−0.20	0.23	0.90
Zinc	0.05	−0.16	0.27	0.63
Selenium	0.13	−0.08	0.35	0.23
Beta-carotene	−0.007	−0.22	0.21	0.95
Child Negative Affectivityb
Vitamin A	−0.13	−0.40	0.14	0.34
Vitamin C	0.05	−0.19	0.30	0.66
Vitamin E	0.11	−0.15	0.37	0.39
Magnesium	0.09	−0.16	0.34	0.50
Zinc	−0.07	−0.34	0.19	0.58
Selenium	−0.12	−0.39	0.14	0.36
Beta-carotene	−0.17	−0.43	0.09	0.21
Child Effortful Controlb
Vitamin A	0.06	−0.19	0.31	0.65
Vitamin C	0.26	0.03	0.48	0.03
Vitamin E	−0.01	−0.25	0.23	0.93
Magnesium	0.12	−0.12	0.35	0.33
Zinc	0.01	−0.24	0.25	0.96
Selenium	0.06	−0.19	0.31	0.63
Beta-carotene	−0.01	−0.25	0.24	0.96
Child Surgency/Extraversionb
Vitamin A	0.23	0.01	0.47	0.047
Vitamin C	0.22	0.01	0.42	0.045
Vitamin E	−0.04	−0.27	0.18	0.72
Magnesium	0.06	−0.16	0.28	0.59
Zinc	0.14	−0.09	0.37	0.23
Selenium	0.27	0.04	0.50	0.02
Beta-carotene	0.10	−0.13	0.33	0.39

Child temperament scale scores derived from the Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire-Very Short form (ECBQ-VS).

^aUnadjusted analyses.

^bAnalyses adjusted for child sex and age at ECBQ-VS assessment and for maternal race/ethnicity, education, and age at study enrollment.