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Table 2 Associations of infant feeding practices with ASD among US children aged 2–5 years (weighted data)

From: Infant feeding practices and autism spectrum disorder in US children aged 2–5 years: the national survey of children’s health (NSCH) 2016–2020

 

Crude Model

 

Adjusted Model

 

t

df

ORs (95% CI)

P

 

t

df

aORs (95% CI)

P

Breastfeeding Duration, Months

-2.30

34246

0.97 (0.95, 1.00)

0.02

 

-0.90

34226

0.99 (0.97, 1.01)

0.37

Breastfeeding Duration in Categories

        

Never

Reference

 

Reference

> 0–6 months

-1.41

34243

0.71 (0.45, 1.14)

0.16

 

-0.72

34223

0.84 (0.51, 1.36)

0.47

> 6–12 months

-2.31

34243

0.52 (0.30, 0.91)

0.02

 

-0.94

34223

0.76 (0.42, 1.35)

0.35

> 12–24 months

-2.16

34243

0.54 (0.30, 0.95)

0.03

 

-0.76

34223

0.79 (0.43, 1.45)

0.45

> 24 months

-1.97

34243

0.49 (0.24, 1.00)

0.05

 

-1.14

34223

0.66 (0.32, 1.35)

0.26

Ever Breast-fed

         

No

Reference

 

Reference

Yes

-2.33

34998

0.60 (0.39, 0.92)

0.02

 

-1.01

34978

0.79 (0.50, 1.25)

0.31

Breastfeeding Status

         

No Breastfeeding

Reference

 

Reference

Partial Breastfeeding

-2.54

34997

0.57 (0.37, 0.88)

0.01

 

-1.26

34977

0.74 (0.47, 1.18)

0.21

Exclusive Breastfeeding

-0.63

34997

0.82 (0.43, 1.54)

0.53

 

0.34

34977

1.12 (0.57, 2.20)

0.74

  1. Adjusted models were adjusted for child age, child sex, year of birth, ethnic group, family income and birth order