Breastfeeding and cortisol in hair in children

Table 2 Perinatal and Sociodemographic Factors and Length of Breastfeeding at Age 8 (n = 126)

	Total length of breastfeeding
	F-value	p-value
Gender boys/girls	0.75	0.39
Birth weight (low, normal/high)	0.84	0.44
Gestational age (early, normal, over time)	1.82	0.17
Type of delivery (vaginal, section, other problems)	0.28	0.60
Mother parity (firstborn, earlier parity)	2.51	0.12
Age of mother at delivery (from 18 to 40 years	2.00	0.01
Early psychosocial vulnerability. Index of 12 variables *)	2.40	0.07
Mother smoking during pregnancy (not smoke – smoked)	0.62	0.43

*) Early psychosocial vulnerability: an index including these 12 variables: Father’s highest level of education elementary school; Mother’s highest level of education elementary school; Father unemployed or on sick leave the year before pregnancy; Mother unemployed or on sick leave during pregnancy; Living in an Apartment, as opposed to own house; Single mother; Parents born abroad; Maternal serious life event during pregnancy; Maternal lack of support during pregnancy; Mother not feeling safe during pregnancy; Mother worried over the possibility of child falling ill with serious disease; Low vs high household income

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