Table 3.
Prevalence of thinness and overweight/obesity with picky eating category at 38 months and odds of being thin or overweight/obese at 7–17 years in the ALSPAC cohort, complete cases
| Age (years) | Prevalence, n (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) (reference normal weight) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not picky (n = 869) | Somewhat picky (n = 837) | Very picky (n = 293) | Not picky (ref) | Somewhat picky | Very picky | |
| Thinness | ||||||
| 7 | 54 (6.2%)a | 72 (8.7%)ab | 34 (11.6%)b | – | 1.19 (0.80, 1.76), p = 0.391 | 1.69 (1.05, 2.75), p = 0.032 |
| 8 | 27 (3.1%)a | 52 (6.3%)b | 18 (6.1%)b | – | 1.91 (1.16, 3.14), p = 0.011 | 1.80 (0.95, 3.42), p = 0.070 |
| 9 | 48 (5.5%)a | 76 (9.2%)b | 31 (10.6%)b | – | 1.50 (1.01, 2.23), p = 0.046 | 1.77 (1.07, 2.92), p = 0.027 |
| 10 | 47 (5.4%)a | 77 (9.3%)b | 34 (11.6%)b | – | 1.58 (1.06, 2.65), p = 0.023 | 2.09 (1.28, 3.40), p = 0.003 |
| 11 | 56 (6.4%)a | 80 (9.6%)b | 31 (10.6%)b | – | 1.39 (0.95, 2.02), p = 0.090 | 1.54 (0.95, 2.51), p = 0.081 |
| 12 | 65 (7.5%)a | 88 (10.6%)b | 35 (11.9%)b | – | 1.29 (0.91, 1.83), p = 0.156 | 1.49 (0.95, 2.35), p = 0.086 |
| 13 | 16 (1.8%)a | 31 (3.7%)b | 10 (3.4%)ab | – | 1.78 (0.96, 3.38), p = 0.068 | 1.59 (0.70, 3.64), p = 0.268 |
| 15 | 133 (15.3%)a | 173 (20.8%)b | 72 (24.6%)b | – | 1.27 (0.97, 1.66), p = 0.081 | 1.56 (1.10, 2.22), p = 0.012 |
| 17 | 43 (4.9%)a | 72 (8.7%)b | 29 (9.9%)b | – | 1.47 (0.98, 2.22), p = 0.066 | 1.87 (1.11, 3.14), p = 0.018 |
| Normal | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Overweight/obese | ||||||
| 7 | 127 (14.6%)a | 98 (11.8%)ab | 28 (9.6%)b | – | 1.05 (0.57, 1.91), p = 0.887 | 0.74 (0.27, 2.05), p = 0.568 |
| 8 | 175 (20.1%)a | 141 (17.0%)ab | 41 (14.0%)b | – | 1.02 (0.57, 1.81), p = 0.952 | 0.61 (1.28, 1.57), p < 0.001 |
| 9 | 171 (19.6%)a | 130 (15.7%)b | 43 (14.7%)ab | – | 0.94 (0.51, 1.76), p = 0.857 | 0.93 (0.36, 2.40), p = 0.929 |
| 10 | 178 (20.4%)a | 137 (16.5%)b | 49 (16.7%)ab | – | 0.93 (0.52, 1.65), p = 0.798 | 0.69 (0.25, 1.87), p = 0.463 |
| 11 | 173 (19.9%)a | 146 (17.7%)a | 50 (17.1%)a | – | 0.90 (0.49, 1.66), p = 0.901 | 1.03 (0.42, 2.50), p = 0.952 |
| 12 | 183 (21.0%)a | 137 (16.5%)b | 49 (16.7%)ab | – | 0.77 (0.42, 1.39), p = 0.380 | 0.67 (0.25, 1.81), p = 0.434 |
| 13 | 232 (26.7%)a | 174 (21.0%b | 53 (18.1%)b | – | 0.89 (0.41, 1.95), p = 0.776 | 1.60 (0.76, 3.39), p = 0.220 |
| 15 | 115 (13.2%)a | 85 (10.2%)b | 27 (9.2%)ab | – | 0.76 (0.37, 1.56), p = 0.458 | 0.61 (0.17, 2.15), p = 0.442 |
| 17 | 172 (19.7%)a | 123 (14.8%)b | 49 (16.7%)ab | – | 0.71 (0.44, 1.15), p = 0.159 | 0.90 (0.44, 1.85), p = 0.770 |
Cole et al. 2000, 2007 BMI classifications [27, 28]: Cole Grade 1, 2 and 3 thinness elided; overweight and obesity elided
Multiple regression analyses adjusted for child age at each clinic visit, maternal age, maternal education, maternal BMI, birthweight, parity, breastfeeding, baseline BMI at age 38 months, actual age at baseline BMI measurement
a,bValues with superscript letters that are unlike in a row are statistically significantly different at p < 0.05