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Table 2 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian version (PCL-C) total score and sub-clusters scores by breastfeeding status, assessed at 42 days postpartum, Guangdong, China, 2019–2020

From: Association between exclusive breastfeeding and postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder

Variable

Median (IQR)

P valuea

Exclusively breastfeeding mothers (n = 174)

Partially breastfeeding mothers (n = 585)

PCL-C total symptom score

21 (18, 26)

23 (20, 29)

<0.001

PCL-C symptom sub-clusters scores

 Re-experience

6 (5, 7)

6 (5, 8)

0.005

 Avoidance

8 (7, 10)

9 (7, 10)

<0.001

 Hyperarousal

7 (5, 9)

8 (6, 11)

<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: PCL-C Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian version, IQR inter quartile range
  2. a Mann-Whitney U test