Is Birth Method Associated with Sensory Hyperreactivity in Children 3-4 Years in an Upper-Middle-Income Country?

Table 3

Patterns of sensory modulation disorders ().

SMD categories	Vaginal birth group ()	Caesarean section group ()	Total group ()	value (Fisher’s exact test)
	No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)
Sensory hyperreactivity
Yes^1	17 (29%)	3 (9%)	20 (22%)	0.034
No^2	41 (71%)	30 (91%)	71 (78%)
Sensory avoiding
Yes^1	21 (36%)	3 (9%)	24 (26%)	0.006
No^2	37 (64%)	30 (91%)	67 (74%)
Sensory seeking
Yes^1	28 (48%)	15 (45%)	43 (47%)	0.002
No^2	30 (52%)	18 (55%)	48 (53%)
Low registration
Yes^1	14 (24%)	2 (6%)	16 (17%)	0.043
No^2	44 (76%)	31 (94%)	75 (83%)

Statistically significant difference . ¹Yes = the child scored 1 (more than) or 2 (much more than) standard deviations above the mean. ²No = the child scored 0 SD (typical performance).