Table 5 Estimations of structural equation model on mediation effect of exclusive breastfeeding at 4 months between CD and children’s autism-like behaviours at 3 and 5 years
Variables | 3-year-old children (n = 2939) | 5-year-old children (n = 1766) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unstandardized estimations | Standardized estimations | p values | Unstandardized estimations | Standardized estimations | p values | |
maternal age -- parity | 0.03 | 0.39 | < 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.38 | < 0.01 |
parity-- previous adverse pregnancy outcome | 0.17 | 0.10 | < 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.08 | < 0.01 |
maternal age -- previous adverse pregnancy outcome | 0.02 | 0.12 | < 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.16 | < 0.01 |
maternal age -- pre-pregnancy BMI | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.15 | < 0.01 |
maternal age -- pregnant complications | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | < 0.01 |
pre-pregnancy BMI-- pregnant complications | −0.01 | −0.02 | 0.43 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.52 |
previous adverse pregnancy outcome -- pregnant complications | 0.03 | 0.05 | < 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.10 |
maternal age --complications during childbirth | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.20 |
pregnant complications -- caesarean delivery | 0.13 | 0.06 | < 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.07 | < 0.01 |
parity--caesarean delivery | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.64 |
pre-pregnancy BMI -- caesarean delivery | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.13 | < 0.01 |
complications during childbirth-- caesarean delivery | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
previous adverse pregnancy outcome --caesarean delivery | 0.07 | 0.07 | < 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.08 | < 0.01 |
caesarean delivery -- exclusive breastfeeding at 4 months | −0.04 | −0.04 | 0.04 | −0.03 | −0.03 | 0.29 |
caesarean delivery -- children’s autism-like behaviours | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.79 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.72 |
exclusive breastfeeding at 4 months -- children’s autism-like behaviours | −0.04 | − 0.06 | < 0.01 | 0.00 | − 0.01 | 0.72 |
pre-pregnancy BMI -- children’s autism-like behaviours | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.94 |
complications during childbirth -- children’s autism-like behaviours | −0.02 | −0.03 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.12 |
pregnant complications -- children’s autism-like behaviours | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.80 | −0.04 | − 0.04 | 0.10 |