Regression to the mean in latent change score models: an example involving breastfeeding and intelligence

BMC Pediatrics

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for and correlations between study variables

Variable	N	M	SD	Pearson correlation
Variable	N	M	SD	2	3	4	5
1. IQ, mother	5939	100.00	15.00	0.506	0.518	0.385	0.393
2. IQ, child 1	3950	102.80	11.30	-	0.548	0.288	0.254
3. IQ, child 2	2996	101.73	11.31		-	0.276	0.270
4. BF^a, child 1	4564	0.39	0.49			-	0.680
5. BF^a, child 2	1771	0.40	0.49				-

^aBreastfeeding, dichotomous variable; Note: All correlations are significant (p < 0.001)

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