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Table 1 Sample characteristics assessed at child age 4 months unless otherwise specified of participants included (n = 207) and excluded (n = 139) in the current analysis

From: Bidirectional associations between mothers’ feeding practices and child eating behaviours

   

M ± SD or count (%)

Variable

  

Included

Excluded

Mother

Education level (university)*

135 (65%)

64 (46%)

 

BMI

26 ± 6 (n = 206)

27 ± 5 (n = 138)

 

Age at child birth (years)*

30 ± 5

29 ± 5

Child

Gender (female)*

 

113 (55%)

60 (43%)

 

BMI-for-age z-scorea at age 14 months

 

0.46 ± 0.81

0.37 ± 0.95 (n = 91)

  1. *p-value is <0.05
  2. aWorld Health Organization standards [66]