Table 4. Sex-specific and multivariable-adjusted difference for BMI changes overtime according to caregivers by mixed effect model.

Caregivers for 3-year-old children	Boys			Girls
	Mothers	Grandparents	Nursery school or kindergarten staff	Mothers	Grandparents	Nursery school or kindergarten staff
	(n = 1693)	(n = 233)	(n = 313)	(n = 1547)	(n = 217)	(n = 278)
Crude	Reference	0.47 (0.24–0.70)	0.32 (0.11–0.53)	Reference	0.35 (0.13–0.57)	0.26 (0.06–0.47)
Multivariable-adjusteda	Reference	0.42 (0.19–0.66)	0.27 (0.06–0.48)	Reference	0.36 (0.14–0.58)	0.27 (0.06–0.48)
Multivariable-adjustedb	Reference	0.42 (0.19–0.66)	0.27 (0.06–0.48)	Reference	0.33 (0.10–0.55)	0.25 (0.04–0.46)
Multivariable-adjustedc	Reference	0.43 (0.20–0.67)	0.24 (0.03–0.46)	Reference	0.36 (0.13–0.58)	0.25 (0.04–0.46)
Multivariable-adjustedd	Reference	0.43 (0.19–0.67)	0.27 (0.05–0.48)	Reference	0.36 (0.14–0.59)	0.27 (0.06–0.48)
Multivariable-adjustede	Reference	0.45 (0.21–0.68)	0.27 (0.06–0.49)	Reference	0.37 (0.14–0.59)	0.27 (0.06–0.48)

BMI, body mass index.

^aMultivariable models adjusted for types of feeding, wake-up time, time to bed, physically active, playing outside, living with brothers or sisters, picky eating, and father’s employment at age 3.

^bAdjusted further for between-meal eating ≥3 times or more per day at age 3.

^cAdjusted further for between-meal eating before dinner at age 6.

^dAdjusted further for between-meal eating before dinner at age 12.

^eAdjusted further for between-meal eating before dinner at age 22.