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Table 2 Mean component scores of food intake profiles at 12 months according to explanatory variables. Pelotas, Brazil, 2005

From: Food intake profiles of children aged 12, 24 and 48 months from the 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort: an exploratory analysis using principal components

Variable

Milk

Mean

Staple

Mean

Meat & vegetables

Mean

Beverages

Mean

Snack

Mean

Sibling living at home

0.1

<0.001

<0.001

0.002

<0.001

No

–3.73

–9.29

15.52

6.23

–13.25

Yes

3.32

8.26

–13.81

–5.54

11.79

Gender

0.007

0.5

0.8

0.6

0.01

Male

–5.58

–1.40

0.47

0.98

–4.66

Female

6.03

1.51

–0.50

–1.06

5.04

Maternal age at birth

(years)

0.2

0.009 (0.5)*

<0.001

0.02

<0.001 (0.3)*

<20

–8.44

7.46

–16.27

6.21

13.82

20–29

0.13

3.78

–1.90

2.54

1.54

30–39

4.66

–11.17

15.18

–5.45

–11.24

40 or more

5.44

–2.64

–8.21

–23.88

–8.12

Wealth quintiles (IEN)

0.01

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

1st (poorest)

5.02

24.69

–44.84

–19.47

38.25

2nd

–1.38

13.80

–9.91

5.24

8.06

3rd

–1.46

1.31

4.11

6.71

–5.12

4th

11.07

–12.82

19.38

6.93

–17.21

5th (richest)

–13.91

–38.84

47.30

5.36

–37.75

Maternal schooling

(complete years)

0.2

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001 (0.05)*

<0.001

0–3

10.40

28.97

–48.48

–22.23

34.85

4–7

–2.13

21.08

–32.22

–4.36

24.63

8–10

4.27

–0.62

1.20

6.95

–5.04

11 or more

–4.35

–27.47

41.27

4.54

–27.47

Care outside the home

<0.001

0.04 (0.2)*

0.001 (0.1)*

0.9

<0.001

No

2.33

1.08

–1.55

–0.09

1.78

Yes

–38.62

–18.11

26.43

1.44

–29.97

Bottle-feeding

<0.001

0.07

<0.001

0.002

<0.001

At 3 and 12 months of age

–41.51

4.10

–4.30

4.33

1.75

At 3 months but not at 12 months of age

176.41

2.07

–35.53

–17.10

39.32

Not at 3 months but at 12 months of age

32.78

–3.88

15.03

–3.37

–13.04

Never

195.84

–17.26

–0.85

–21.25

13.40

Breast-feeding duration

<0.001

0.2

0.7

0.09

1.0

Up to 7 days

–83.44

7.19

3.26

–3.02

–1.55

8 days |–3 moths

–87.56

7.09

–1.12

7.62

0.14

3 |– 6 months

–84.16

–5.57

–4.33

4.07

–1.06

6 months or more

68.51

–1.47

1.50

–3.80

0.45

Age started pacifier use (months)

<0.001

0.2

<0.001

0.1

0.05

< 3 months

–52.10

3.39

–4.03

2.74

2.29

3 months or more

–41.94

–8.01

19.34

3.55

–11.21

Never

94.70

–1.72

–1.95

–5.36

1.08

Early introduction of solid foods (< 3 mo.-old)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001 (0.05)*

0.5

<0.001

No

4.88

–3.96

3.35

0.52

–5.20

Yes

–30.46

24.73

–20.96

–3.27

32.46

  1. * P-values adjusted for wealth (IEN) were presented only when there was a loss of statistical significance after adjustment. IEN: indicador econĂ´mico nacional, or national wealth index.
  2. (N = 3,827)