Table 4.

Model 3b: Antecedents during second year of life of picky eating status at 3 years of age (minimally adjusted model^a plus second year variables as shown (n = 6608)).

	Reference category	Child somewhat picky at 38 months			Child very picky at 38 months
		OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
Fed on demand at 15 months (no)	Yes, always	1.28	1.07, 1.52	0.007	1.37	1.07, 1.76	0.013
	Yes, sometimes	1.27	1.13, 1.44	<0.001	1.20	1.00, 1.43	0.053
Difficulty to feed at 15 months (no)	Yes	1.33	1.16, 1.53	<0.001	1.81	1.49, 2.20	<0.001
Refusing food at 15 months (no)	Yes, greatly worried	1.84	1.02, 3.34	0.045	2.93	1.54, 5.57	0.001
	Yes, a bit worried	1.48	1.18, 1.87	0.001	2.03	1.50, 2.74	<0.001
	Yes, not worried	1.13	0.97, 1.31	0.12	1.32	1.06, 1.65	0.015
Choosy with food at 15 months (no)	Yes, greatly worried	1.86	1.02, 3.38	0.043	6.03	3.21, 11.33	<0.001
	Yes, a bit worried	2.39	1.87, 3.06	<0.001	4.56	3.30, 6.31	<0.001
	Yes, not worried	2.08	1.80, 2.39	<0.001	3.14	2.50, 3.93	<0.001
Not eating enough food at 15 months (no)	Yes, greatly worried	1.09	0.79, 1.51	0.59	1.45	0.99, 2.14	0.059
	Yes, a bit worried	0.99	0.83, 1.17	0.89	0.94	0.73, 1.19	0.59
	Yes, not worried	1.01	0.87, 1.17	0.89	0.96	0.77, 1.20	0.71
Baby food at 15 months (none)	≥10 x/week	1.30	1.03, 1.64	0.025	1.08	0.79, 1.47	0.64
	7–9 x/week	1.22	0.91, 1.61	0.18	1.09	0.75, 1.57	0.67
	1–6x/week	1.07	0.92, 1.25	0.40	0.83	0.66, 1.04	0.11
Family meat/fish eaten at 15 months (none)	≥10 x/week	0.83	0.60, 1.14	0.25	0.74	0.48, 1.15	0.18
	7–9 x/week	0.88	0.66, 1.16	0.36	0.80	0.55, 1.17	0.25
	1–6 x/week	0.86	0.66, 1.14	0.30	0.75	0.52, 1.08	0.13
Raw fruit eaten at 15 months (none)	≥10 x/week	1.10	0.84, 1.14	0.51	0.59	0.41, 0.84	0.004
	7–9 x/week	1.00	0.78, 1.29	0.98	0.57	0.41, 0.79	0.001
	1–6 x/week	1.04	0.81, 1.32	0.77	0.69	0.51, 0.94	0.020
Vegetables eaten at 15 months (none)	≥10 x/week	0.78	0.54, 1.12	0.18	1.02	0.62, 1.65	0.95
	7–9 x/week	0.98	0.70, 1.38	0.92	1.29	0.82, 2.04	0.27
	1–6x/week	0.92	0.66, 1.29	0.64	1.19	0.76, 1.85	0.45
Main meal same as mother at 15 months (no)	No answer	0.67	0.39, 1.16	0.15	0.47	0.25, 0.87	0.017
	Mostly	0.63	0.43, 0.92	0.015	0.26	0.18, 0.40	<0.001
	Sometimes	0.82	0.56, 1.19	0.29	0.41	0.27, 0.61	<0.001
Main meal ready prepared at 15 months (no)	No answer	0.91	0.76, 1.08	0.27	0.98	0.76, 1.27	0.88
	Mostly	1.23	0.79, 1.91	0.36	2.26	1.36, 3.75	0.002
	Sometimes	0.97	0.84, 1.12	0.68	1.17	0.94, 1.41	0.17
Anxiety symptoms at 21 months postpartum (no)	Yes	0.91	0.71, 1.15	0.42	1.09	0.79, 1.49	0.61
Depressive symptoms at 21 months postpartum (no)	Yes	1.15	0.91, 1.47	0.25	1.05	0.75, 1.46	0.78

Reference: Child not a picky eater at 38 months.

Model 3b explains 20.1% of the variance.

^aBackground demographic variables include: age and education status of the mother, parity, sex of the child and birth weight (grouped).