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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for Twin 1 and Twin 2 for ‘food fussiness’ and feeding practices

From: Maternal feeding practices and fussy eating in toddlerhood: a discordant twin analysis

 

Twin 1

n = 1013

Twin 2

n = 1013

Number of pairs (%) with a difference score > 0

Mean (SD)

Food fussinessa

2.16 (.70)

2.19 (.72)

522 (51.5)

Instrumental feedingb

1.33 (.46)

1.33 (.46)

30 (3.0)

Pressure to eatc

2.21 (.73)

2.22 (.74)

205 (20.2)

Restrictiond

5.21 (1.25)

5.20 (1.26)

19 (1.9)

  1. Subscales are from the aCEBQ [25]; bPFSQ [23]; cCFQ [12]; and dPoppets scale [24]