Table 2.
Within-twin differences in ’pressure to eat’ and differences in appetitive traits at 16 months (n = 1858 twin pairs) and 5 years (n = 1010 twin pairs)
| Differences in appetitive traits | Differences in Pressure to eat | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 months | 5 years | |||||
| B ± SE | β ± SE | P value | B ± SE | β ± SE | p value | |
| Food responsiveness | 0.22 (0.01) | 0.42 (0.02) | < 0.001 | 0.31 (0.03) | 0.49 (0.05) | < 0.001 |
| Emotional overeating | 0.26 (0.03) | 0.22 (0.02) | < 0.001 | 0.63 (0.11) | 0.31 (0.06) | < 0.001 |
| Enjoyment of food | 0.29 (0.01) | 0.53 (0.02) | < 0.001 | 0.37 (0.03) | 0.62 (0.05) | < 0.001 |
| Satiety responsiveness | 0.32 (0.01) | 0.53 (0.02) | < 0.001 | 0.44 (0.03) | 0.67 (0.05) | < 0.001 |
| Slowness in eating | 0.16 (0.01) | 0.34 (0.02) | < 0.001 | 0.24 (0.03) | 0.47 (0.05) | < 0.001 |
| Food fussiness | 0.17 (0.01) | 0.36 (0.02) | < 0.001 | 0.24 (0.04) | 0.35 (0.06) | < 0.001 |
| Emotional undereating1 | - | - | - | 0.48 (0.04) | 0.34 (0.03) | < 0.001 |
B indicates unstandardised estimate, β indicates the standardised estimate
1Emotional undereating was only collected at 5 years.