Breastfeeding, prenatal depression and children's IQ and behaviour: a test of a moderation model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to determine the associations between breastfeeding and children's neurodevelopment indexed by intelligence quotient (IQ) and emotional and behavioural problems through mid-childhood adjusting for prenatal and postnatal depression and multiple confounders; and to test the novel hypothesis that breastfeeding may moderate the effects of prenatal depression and anxiety on children's neurodevelopment.

Methods

The study is based on women and their children from the longitudinal Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (n=11,096). Children's IQ was derived from standardized in-person testing; behaviour problems were assessed according to parent-report; information on breastfeeding, prenatal depression and anxiety and multiple confounders were derived fro

SUBMITTER: Amiel Castro R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7814604 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature