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Table 5 Models of between-family analyses for ‘food fussiness’ and feeding practices at 16-months old (n = 2026 children)

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

 

Model 1: Instrumental feedingb

Wald F(12, 1001) = 6.805 (P < .001)

R2 = .086

Model 2: Pressure to eatc

Wald F(12, 1001) = 12.826 (P < .001)

R2 = .139

Model 3: Restrictiond

Wald F(12, 1001) = 6.385 (P < .001)

R2 = .076

B ± SE

p value

B ± SE

p value

B ± SE

p value

Food Fussinessa

.081 (.019)***

<.001

.289 (.031)***

<.001

.323 (.055)***

<.001

Sex of child (female)

.014 (.023)

.556

−.096 (.035)**

.007

−.036 (.063)

.572

Education Qualification^

 - Low

 - Medium

.197 (.044)***

.083 (.031)**

<.001

.007

.082 (.063)

−.017 (.049)

.196

.722

.019 (.112)

.045 (.085)

.867

.597

Ethnicity

 - Non-white British

.054 (.049)

.276

.278 (.075)***

<.001

.168 (.125)

.180

BMI of mother (kg/m2)

−.002 (.003)

.525

−.005 (.005)

.385

−.025 (.009)**

.005

Age of mother at birth

−.018 (.003)***

<.001

−.014 (.004)**

.001

.010 (.008)

.217

Age of child (months)

.007 (.015)

.660

−.028 (.023)

.229

.070 (.040)

.082

Gestational age (weeks)

.003 (.005)

.580

−.025 (.008)**

.003

.018 (.017)

.275

SDS Birth weight

−.016 (.014)

.278

−.006 (.021)

.783

−.058 (.040)

.146

SDS Weight at 16 months

−.003 (.013)

.817

−.083 (.021)***

<.001

.201 (.040)***

<.001

Mostly bottle-fed

−.018 (.029)

.538

−.002 (.044)

.962

−.109 (.077)

.157

  1. B indicates unstandardized estimate
  2. ^Reference group is “high” maternal educational qualification (University educated)
  3. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001
  4. Subscales are from the aCEBQ [25]; bPFSQ [23]; cCFQ [12]; and dPoppets scale [24]