Do infants fed directly from the breast have improved appetite regulation and slower growth during early childhood compared with infants fed from a bottle?

Table 5 Parameter Estimates of the Latent Growth Models of CEBQ subscale scores by WFLz/BMIz and WFAz^b

* p ≤ 0.05
^a DIRECT BF was the reference group. Controlling for: Overall duration of human milk use, child gender, child race, maternal education, and income level
^b Controlling for: Group Membership [DIRECT BF, BTL-HM, BTL-FORM]
BTL-HM = Bottle-fed Human Milk group. BTL-FORM = Bottle-fed Formula group. BMIz = body mass index z-score. WFLz = Weight-for-Length z-score. WFAz = Weight-for-Age z-score. SR = Satiety Responsiveness Subscale. FR = Food Responsiveness Subscale. EF = Enjoyment of Food Subscale. Coef = Coefficient. Std. Err. = Standard Error. The total sample was n = 99 for these analyses.

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