Table 2.

Associations of child temperament, maternal negative affectivity and confounding variables with obesogenic feeding practices at child age 18 months (adjusted odds ratios).

Predictors	Sweet foods		Sweet drinks		Caloric drinks at night
Child characteristics	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Internalizing	1,47*	1.32–1,65	1.76*	1.56–1.98	2.91*	2.54–3.33
Externalizing	1,53*	1.40–1.67	1.22*	1.11–1.34	1.13	1.01–1.26
Surgency	1,01	0.90–1.14	1.08	0.95–1.23	1.66*	1.42–1.92
Maternal characteristics
Negative affectivity	1.03	0.95–1.12	1.14	1.04–1.24	1.62*	1.48–1.78
Confounding variables
Completed education in years (9 to 16 years)†	1.10*	1.08–1.12	1.27*	1.24–1.30	1.25*	1.22–1.28
Child sex (reference boys)	1.10*	1.04–1.15	0.99	0.93–1.05	0.94	0.87–1.00
Child weight for length 1 yr (kg/cm)	0.31	0.03–3.24	0.74	0.06–9.42	0.30	0.02–5.86
Breastfeeding 15–18 mo	1.14*	1.06–1.22	0.91	0.84–0.99	0.37*	0.33–0.42

N=40 266.

OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval for odds ratio.

^*P value of odds ratio ≤ 0.001

^†Reverse coded, higher numbers denote lower education.