Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Table 3 Association between maternal JCQ scores during pregnancy and infant neurodevelopment at 6 and 12 months ^a

From: Effect of maternal job strain during pregnancy on infant neurodevelopment by gender at 6 and 12 months: Mothers and Children’s Environmental Health (MOCEH) study

	6 months of age												12 months of age
	MDI						PDI						MDI						PDI
JCQ ^b	Total		Boys		Girls		Total		Boys		Girls		Total		Boys		Girls		Total		Boys		Girls
	Β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE
Skill Discretion	0.09	0.13	0.11	0.17	0.002	0.19	0.07	0.16	0.11	0.23	−0.02	0.22	0.12	0.21	−0.05	0.30	0.31	0.30	0.17	0.21	0.16	0.30	0.21	0.32
P value	0.50		0.53		0.99		0.66		0.62		0.94		0.56		0.88		0.30		0.43		0.59		0.50
Decision Authority	−0.04	0.10	−0.14	0.14	0.03	0.14	0.007	0.12	0.06	0.19	−0.05	0.16	0.03	0.15	−0.11	0.24	0.13	0.19	0.10	0.16	0.10	0.25	0.12	0.20
P value	0.66		0.32		0.83		0.95		0.74		0.75		0.83		0.65		0.49		0.52		0.69		0.56
Decision Latitude	0.005	0.07	−0.03	0.10	0.02	0.10	0.02	0.09	0.06	0.13	−0.03	0.11	0.05	0.11	−0.06	0.16	0.15	0.14	0.10	0.11	0.09	0.17	0.12	0.15
P value	0.95		0.75		0.87		0.78		0.61		0.79		0.65		0.70		0.31		0.38		0.57		0.45
Psychological Demands	0.07	0.13	−0.19	0.18	0.32	0.18	−0.02	0.16	−0.13	0.24	0.06	0.21	0.06	0.21	−0.38	0.31	0.39	0.27	0.02	0.21	−0.09	0.32	0.09	0.29
P value	0.56		0.29		0.08		0.89		0.59		0.77		0.77		0.23		0.16		0.93		0.78		0.76
Physical Demands	0.001	0.75	−0.58	1.08	0.71	1.05	0.32	0.93	1.14	1.78	1.97	1.69	1.69	1.22	0.75	1.41	0.20	1.21	−0.12	1.27	0.26	1.81	−0.72	1.82
P value	1.00		0.59		0.50		0.73		0.52		0.25		0.17		0.60		0.87		0.92		0.89		0.69

^aMultiple regression model was adjusted for sex, birth weight, maternal age, gestational age, maternal education, and family income.
^bThe JCQ indices were considered continuous variables.

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