Maternal anthropometry and feeding behavior toward preschool children: association with childhood body mass index in an observational study of Chilean families

Table 3 Correlation analysis between CFQ scores and anthropometric variables of preschool children and their mothers

	Mothers' BMI		Children BMI z-score		Children waist-to-height ratio
CFQ scores	rho	P-value	rho	P-value	rho	P-value
Perceived responsibility
Boys	0.10	0.02	-0.03	0.43	-0.02	0.70
Girls	0.05	0.25	-0.08	0.07	-0.12	0.005
Concern over child's weight
Boys	0.11	0.02	0.26	< 0.001	0.23	< 0.001
Girls	0.17	< 0.001	0.37	< 0.001	0.24	< 0.001
Restriction
Boys	0.07	0.13	0.19	< 0.001	0.15	< 0.001
Girls	0.10	0.02	0.27	< 0.001	0.23	< 0.001
Pressure to eat
Boys	-0.05	0.28	-0.30	< 0.001	-0.19	< 0.001
Girls	-0.10	0.03	-0.36	< 0.001	-0.27	< 0.001
Monitoring
Boys	0.05	0.30	0.08	0.06	0.08	0.08
Girls	0.04	0.33	0.02	0.64	-0.01	0.88

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