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Table 3 Convergent validity of PCFP subscales with nutritional status in Study 2

From: Validation of a measurement instrument for parental child feeding in a low and middle-income country

 

Child nutritional statusc

UW

Mean (SD)

NW

Mean (SD)

OW

Mean (SD)

p-value

PR

3.88 (0.58)

3.87 (0.58)

3.90 (0.61)

0.98

PPW

3.03 (0.42)

3.09 (0.40)

3.26 (0.48)

0.06

PCWa

2.93 (0.34)

3.07 (0.27)

3.53 (0.42)

0.01b**

CN

2.67 (1.05)

3.12 (0.98)

2.93 (0.85)

0.01b**

FR

2.59 (0.74)

2.68 (0.76)

2.82 (0.63)

0.42

M

3.74 (0.74)

3.60 (0.83)

3.76 (0.63)

0.35

PE

3.81 (0.89)

3.74 (0.87)

3.99 (0.80)

0.51**

RH

4.13 (0.81)

4.01 (1.01)

4.16 (0.90)

0.83**

CC

3.05 (0.60)

2.88 (0.58)

3.11 (0.58)

0.06

ER

2.99 (0.72)

2.92 (0.81)

2.75 (0.64)

0.44

  1. UW Underweight, NW Normal weight, OW Overweight
  2. **p-value from Kruskal-Wallis test (mean score is not normally distributed)
  3. aPCW 1–4
  4. bsignificant mean difference (p < .05)
  5. cCategories of child nutritional status according to the international (IOTF) childhood BMI cut-offs for overweight, obesity and thinness [31] were regrouped