Does breastfeeding account for the association between maternal sensitivity and infant cognitive development in a large, nationally representative cohort?

Table 3 Factors associated with Infant Cognitive Development

*Standardized Beta Coefficient*	β	β	β	β	β	β	β	β	β	β	β
Infant sex-male	−.033**	−.035**	−.036**	−.037**	−.037**	−.037**	−.037**	−.036**	−.031**	−.032**	−.033
Birth Weight		−.114***	−.112***	−.112***	−.111***	−.111***	−.111***	−.111***	−.107**	−.108**	−.108
Poverty/Income			.027*	.045**	.043**	.038**	.038**	.026	.007	.000	−.007
Age				−.039**	−.039**	−.039**	−.039**	−.046**	−.052***	−.057***	−.056
Race Reference = White
Black					−.008	−.013	−.014	−.014	−.006	−.011	−.010
Hispanic						−.015	−.016	−.011	.011	.000	−.000
Asian							−011	−.013	−.004	−.008	−.009
Other								−.003	−.002	−.006	−.007
Years of Education								.029	−.002	−.003	−.012
Sensitivity
									.180***	.175***	.175***
Depressive Symptoms Reference = No symptoms
Depressive Symptoms										−.034**	−.035**
Breastfeeding	Reference = Less than 1 month
Breastfeeding more than 1 month											.079**
Model Summary (R²)	.001***	.014***	.014***	.015***	.015***	.015***	.015***	.016***	.044***	.045***	.053***

*p < .05; ** p < .01; ***p < .001; ~p < .10
Regression models are weighted with both sample (W1CO) and replicate weights (W1C1-W1C90)

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