. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 5.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Diet Assoc. 2008 Apr;108(4):624–630. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.01.007

Table 2.

Descriptive information on the demographic and anthropometric measures of children whose mothers completed the Feeding Demands Questionnaire, by twin/sibling group

Variable	Twin/sibling group 1	Twin/sibling group 2
n	85	85
Sex (% female)	54.1	55.3
	← mean±standard deviation →
BMI^a ^b	16.13±2.70	16.47±3.83
BMI z score^b	0.24±0.99	0.11±0.99
Age (y)	4.56±1.45	4.33±2.08

BMI = body mass index; calculated as kg/m².

Sample size for BMI and BMI z score is n = 68 for sibling group 1 and n = 67 for sibling group 2.