Table 4.

Picky eating score as a predictor of dietary fibre (non-starch polysaccharide) intake (g/day) from FFQ in children in ALSPAC.

	Diet at 38 months (FFQ)
	n	R²	Unstandardised B (95% CI) (g/day)^a	P value
PE score at 38 months^b
Model 1^c	9544	0.026	–1.36 (–1.53, –1.19)	<0.001
Model 2^d	8161	0.054	–1.49 (–1.67, –1.31)	<0.001
Model 3^e	8204	0.110	–1.40 (–1.58, –1.23)	<0.001
Model 4^f	8692	0.048	–1.40 (–1.58, –1.22)	<0.001
Model 5^g	6899	0.125	–1.43 (–1.62, –1.24)	<0.001
Combined PE score^h
Model 1^c	8829	0.028	–1.62 (–1.87, –1.32)	<0.001
Model 2^d	7686	0.035	–0.98 (–1.19, –0.77)	<0.001
Model 3^e	7849	0.112	–1.68 (–1.93, –1.44)	<0.001
Model 4^f	8215	0.049	–1.68 (–1.93, –1.42)	<0.001
Model 5^g	6666	0.126	–1.70 (–1.96, –1.43)	<0.001

FFQ, food frequency questionnaire; PE, picky eating.

Coefficients for PE score 2 vs score 0, or combined score 3 vs 0.

PE score: Does your child have definite likes and dislikes as far as food is concerned? 0, no; 1, yes, quite choosy; 2, yes, very choosy.

Model 1: minimal adjustment for sex only.

Model 2: Model 1 + adjusted for maternal education, parity, pre-pregnancy BMI, maternal age, birth weight.

Model 3: Model 1 + adjusted for maternal diet in pregnancy (fruit and vegetable index: aggregate weight of fruit and vegetable items), Crown–Crisp anxiety sub-scale at 21 months, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale at 21 months.

Model 4: Model 1 + adjusted for age of introduction of lumpy foods, breast feeding duration.

Model 5: All models combined.

Combined PE score: 0, score 0 at both time points (24 months and 38 months); 1, score 1 at either or both time points; 2, score 2 once; 3, score 2 at both time points.