Table 3. Prenatal Prediction of Child Social and Communication Disorders Checklist.
| Likelihood ratio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor | β | B (SE) | Chi-square (df) | p | |
| Note. β coefficients, provided for effect size comparisons, were based on rerunning the generalized linear model with standardized predictor variables. | |||||
| Prepregnancy BMI | −.06 | −.02 (.01) | 1.40 (1) | .236 | |
| Child sex (female) | −.90 | −.90 (.09) | 94.23 (1) | .000 | |
| Prenatal anxiety | .24 | .07 (.02) | 16.99 (1) | .000 | |
| Postnatal anxiety | .44 | .14 (.02) | 58.81 (1) | .000 | |
| Prenatal infection | 9.89 (3) | .019 | |||
| 0 infections | — | ||||
| 1 infection | .30 | .30 (.10) | |||
| 2 infections | .28 | .28 (.17) | |||
| 3+ infections | .40 | .40 (.43) | |||
| Birth weight | −.09 | .00 (.001) | 2.98 (1) | .084 | |
| Gestational age | .08 | .06 (.04) | 2.65 (1) | .104 | |
| Maternal age | −.04 | −.01 (.01) | .66 (1) | .417 | |
| Child age at assessment | .02 | .01 (.03) | .22 (1) | .640 | |
| Maternal education | −.10 | −.09 (.04) | 4.16 (1) | .041 | |
| Crowding | .01 | .01 (.06) | .02 (1) | .885 | |
| Prenatal smoking | .16 | .04 (.01) | 10.21 (1) | .001 | |