Table 5.

Final Model: Antecedents during pregnancy and first and second year of life of picky eating status at 3 years of age (minimally adjusted model^a plus all pregnancy, year 1 and year 2 variables that were significant at ≤0.05 as shown (n = 5952)).

Variable [Reference category]	Predictor category	Child somewhat picky at 38 months			Child Very Picky at 38 months
		OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
Pre-pregnancy BMI (20–24.99)	>20	1.18	1.02, 1.36	0.026	1.04	0.85, 1.27	0.73
	25–25.99	1.02	0.86, 1.22	0.80	0.89	0.69, 1.16	0.39
	≤30	1.03	0.78, 1.37	0.83	0.97	0.64, 1.46	0.87
Anxiety symptoms at 18 weeks of pregnancy (no)	Yes	1.17	0.97, 1.42	0.10	1.24	0.96, 1.61	0.10
Traditional dietary pattern (bottom quartile)	Top quartile	0.98	0.83, 1.16	0.82	0.99	0.78, 1.25	0.91
Processed dietary pattern (bottom quartile)	Top quartile	1.21	1.03, 1.42	0.029	1.16	0.90, 1.49	0.25
Confectionery dietary pattern (bottom quartile)	Top quartile	1.20	1.02, 1.44	0.031	1.04	0.81, 1.32	0.78
Weak sucking at 4 weeks (no)	Yes	0.94	0.76, 1.17	0.59	0.74	0.55, 1.00	0.048
Choking at 4 weeks (no)	Yes	1.05	0.92, 1.20	0.50	1.11	0.92, 1.34	0.27
Fed on demand at 6 months (no)	Yes	1.08	0.91, 1.27	0.37	1.19	0.93, 1.52	0.18
Difficulty to feed at 6 months (no)	Yes	0.99	0.87, 1.13	0.91	0.96	0.79, 1.16	0.68
Age introduced to lumps (6–9 months)	<6 months	0.84	0.70, 1.00	0.054	0.91	0.69, 1.20	0.51
	10 months +	1.14	0.97, 1.34	0.12	1.43	1.16, 1.78	0.001
Refused solids by 6 months (no)	Yes	0.98	0.84, 1.14	0.79	1.22	1.00, 1.49	0.053
Duration of breast feeding (6 months +)	Never	0.88	0.74, 1.05	0.15	1.08	0.84, 1.38	0.56
	<3 months	0.95	0.80, 1.12	0.52	1.02	0.81, 1.29	0.85
	3–5 months	0.88	0.74, 1.05	0.15	0.87	0.68, 1.11	0.26
Vegetables eaten at 6 months (none)	Not answered	0.94	0.71, 1.26	0.70	0.79	0.50, 1.24	0.31
	8x +/week	1.04	0.83, 1.31	0.74	1.07	0.77, 1.50	0.69
	7x/week	0.95	0.78, 1.16	0.64	1.15	0.87, 1.52	0.33
	1–6x/week	1.02	0.86, 1.20	0.82	1.19	0.94, 1.49	0.15
Anxiety symptoms at 8 weeks postpartum (no)	Yes	0.85	0.64, 1.13	0.27	1.10	0.76, 1.59	0.63
Depressive symptoms at 8 weeks postpartum (no)	Yes	1.30	0.99, 1.70	0.06	1.03	0.71, 1.49	0.90
Fed on demand at 15 months (no)	Yes, always	1.22	1.00, 1.48	0.047	1.44	1.10, 1.88	0.008
	Yes, sometimes	1.20	1.05, 1.38	0.008	1.15	0.95, 1.40	0.16
Difficulty to feed at 15 months (no)	Yes	1.34	1.16, 1.55	<0.001	1.80	1.46, 2.21	<0.001
Refusing food at 15 months (no)	Yes, greatly worried	1.80	0.97, 3.33	0.061	3.14	1.63, 6.07	0.001
	Yes, a bit worried	1.49	1.17, 1.89	0.001	2.09	1.54, 2.83	<0.001
	Yes, not worried	1.15	0.99, 1.34	0.069	1.30	1.04, 1.64	0.024
Choosy with food at 15 months (no)	Yes, greatly worried	2.25	1.16, 4.38	0.017	7.41	3.69, 14.88	<0.001
	Yes, a bit worried	2.32	1.79, 3.00	<0.001	4.40	3.14, 6.15	<0.001
	Yes, not worried	2.05	1.77, 2.38	<0.001	3.10	2.45, 3.92	<0.001
Baby food at 15 months (none)	≥10 x/week	1.24	0.96, 1.59	0.10	1.04	0.74, 1.46	0.82
	7–9 x/week	1.13	0.84, 1.52	0.43	1.00	0.68, 1.49	0.99
	1–6x/week	1.11	0.94, 1.31	0.24	0.85	0.67, 1.08	0.18
Raw fruit eaten at 15 months (none)	≥10 x/week	0.84	0.64, 1.09	0.19	0.46	0.32, 0.65	<0.001
	7–9 x/week	0.82	0.64, 1.06	0.13	0.48	0.35, 0.67	<0.001
	1–6 x/week	0.85	0.67, 1.08	0.12	0.55	0.41, 0.75	<0.001
Main meal same as mother at 15 months (no)	No answer	0.65	0.37, 1.16	0.14	0.51	0.26, 1.00	0.048
	Mostly	0.56	0.37, 0.83	0.004	0.28	0.18, 0.43	<0.001
	Sometimes	0.73	0.49, 1.09	<0.12	0.42	0.27, 0.66	<0.001
Main meal ready prepared at 15 months (no)	No answer	0.92	0.77, 1.11	0.40	1.04	0.79, 1.37	0.81
	Mostly	1.26	0.79, 2.02	0.33	2.48	1.45, 4.24	0.001
	Sometimes	0.93	0.80, 1.09	0.38	1.10	0.88, 1.36	0.41

Reference: Child not a picky eater at 38 months.

Final model explains 21.5% of the variance.

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