TABLE 2.

Mother-child correlations for the percentage of energy (% E) from animal-source foods (ASF), fats/oils, and grains by cohort [China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)]¹²

	% E from ASF			% E from fats and oils			% E from grains
	Child age 3–5 y	Child age 6–8 y	Child age 9–12 y	Child age 3–5 y	Child age 6–8 y	Child age 9–12 y	Child age 3–5 y	Child age 6–8 y	Child age 9–12 y
Cohort A	0.87	0.88	0.93	0.66	0.77	0.84	0.74	0.83	0.85
Cohort B	0.86ï	0.89	0.89ï	0.69ï	0.76	0.80	0.73ï	0.83	0.83
Cohort C	0.83ï	0.86	0.89ï	0.68ï	0.75	0.80	0.82ï	0.67	0.77
Cohort D	0.74*	0.87	0.80*	0.62*	0.75	0.82	0.46*	0.78	0.81
All Cohorts	0.84	0.87	0.89	0.68	0.77	0.82	0.73	0.80	0.83

¹Correlations adjusted for child‘s gender and age, mother's education and age, annual household income, and residence.

²All correlations different from 0, < 0.001. *Different from cohort A, P < 0.05.