Table 5.
Dietary latent class at 9 months predicts weight outcomes at 2 years
| Variable | pa | BFVb (n=65) |
BLV (n=22) |
FFV (n=38) |
FLV (n=85) |
FHED (n=33) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI percentile | 0.0001 | 45.5AB (30.7) |
68.5C (26.5) |
35.8A (25.3) |
51.3BC (28.5) |
60.0BC (26.7) |
| BMI z-score | 0.0006 | −0.15AB (1.10) |
0.56C (0.90) |
−0.42A (0.84) |
0.04ABC (0.94) |
0.34BC (0.87) |
Values are mean (SD). Values that do not share a common uppercase superscript letter are significantly different from one another (p<0.05).
a
Significant effect of dietary latent class using ANOVA
b
Dietary latent classes: BFV=breastfed, fruits and vegetables, BLV=breastfed, low variety, FFV=formula, fruits and vegetables, FLV=formula, low variety, FHED=formula, high energy density