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. 2019 Jul 30;11(8):1751. doi: 10.3390/nu11081751

Table 1.

Mean and standard deviations of sample characteristics.

Years of Age
2 to 3
(n = 328)
3 to 4
(n = 366)
4 to 5
(n = 299)
5 to 6
(n = 358)
6 to 7
(n = 307)
7 to 8
(n = 401)
8 to 9
(n = 372)
9 to 10
(n = 416)
10 to 11
(n = 360)
11 to 12
(n = 363)
Children
Sex %
girls/boys
49.1/50.9 48.6/51.4 48.2/51.8 48.0/52.0 50.2/49.8 49.1/50.9 44.9/55.1 44.0/56.0 43.6/56.4 46.0/54.0
Age 2.04 ± 0.16 3.05 ± 0.17 3.02 ± 0.21 4.03 ± 0.21 4.04 ± 0.26 5.04 ± 0.26 4.99 ± 0.27 5.99 ± 0.27 5.97 ± 0.28 6.98 ± 0.29 6.97 ± 0.29 7.97 ± 0.28 7.99 ± 0.28 9.00 ± 0.28 8.99 ± 0.27 10.00 ± 0.27 9.98 ± 0.28 10.99 ± 0.28 11.01 ± 0.29 12.02 ± 0.29
zBMI 0.24 ± 0.81 0.23 ± 0.74 0.20 ± 0.74 0.03 ± 0.73 −0.01 ± 0.77 −0.11 ± 0.79 −0.12 ± 0.82 −0.15 ± 0.87 −0.14 ± 0.84 −0.15 ± 0.85 −0.14 ± 0.90 −0.18 ± 0.91 −0.07 ± 0.97 −0.07 ± 1.01 0.01 ± 1.02 0.05 ± 1.02 0.08 ± 1.02 0.09 ± 1.05 0.18 ± 1.12 0.22 ± 1.14
zBMI %
underweight 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.3 1.0 1.0 0.3 1.1 1.2 1.7 0.8 2.2 1.7 1.1
normal weight 89.9 92.1 92.3 94.5 95.3 94.7 92.7 92.2 93.8 92.5 92.3 92.3 90.9 88.4 86.8 85.8 86.7 83.3 80.7 81.0
overweight 6.7 6.4 6.3 4.4 3.7 4.7 5.3 3.6 2.9 4.6 3.0 2.7 3.2 4.3 4.6 5.5 4.7 6.4 7.4 7.4
obesity 2.1 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.3 0.3 1.1 3.1 2.6 2.6 3.7 4.0 5.6 6.2 7.5 7.0 7.8 8.1 10.2 10.5
SES 13.79 ± 3.02 13.89 ± 3.13 14.24 ± 3.12 14.08 ± 3.13 13.96 ± 3.18 13.83 ± 3.28 13.62 ± 3.21 13.68 ± 3.39 13.42 ± 3.23 13.63 ± 3.32
SES %
low 4.6 7.1 5.0 5.3 5.2 7.5 8.3 6.7 6.7 8.8
medium 51.8 44.0 40.5 45.0 45.0 42.9 45.2 48.3 51.9 47.4
high 43.6 48.9 54.5 49.7 49.8 49.6 46.5 45.0 41.4 43.8
CFQ
RST 2.67 ± 0.84 2.70 ± 0.79 2.70 ± 0.82 2.60 ± 0.83 2.54 ± 0.80 2.49 ± 0.80 2.51 ± 0.83 2.42 ± 0.82 2.35 ± 0.82 2.33 ± 0.84 2.31 ± 0.85 2.23 ± 0.85 2.32 ± 0.85 2.31 ± 0.84 2.35 ± 0.89 2.29 ± 0.93 2.32 ± 0.90 2.29 ± 0.89 2.31 ± 0.88 2.28 ± 0.87
RW 2.05 ± 1.06 2.25 ± 1.08 2.17 ± 1.05 2.10 ± 1.10 2.07 ± 1.06 1.99 ± 1.04 2.05 ± 1.07 1.84 ± 0.97 1.78 ± 0.91 1.78 ± 0.92 1.76 ± 0.89 1.66 ± 0.87 1.71 ± 0.92 1.60 ± 0.86 1.64 ± 0.87 1.56 ± 0.86 1.63 ± 0.85 1.54 ± 0.79 1.51 ± 0.76 1.37 ± 0.65
PE 1.83 ± 0.82 1.85 ± 0.85 1.83 ± 0.82 1.96 ± 0.88 1.99 ± 0.87 1.92 ± 0.90 2.00 ± 0.93 1.99 ± 0.96 1.95 ± 0.95 1.95 ± 0.91 1.97 ± 0.95 1.93 ± 0.94 1.94 ± 0.96 1.90 ± 0.97 1.87 ± 0.93 1.76 ± 0.88 1.75 ± 0.85 1.75 ± 0.88 1.74 ± 0.86 1.60 ± 0.81
MN 4.01 ± 1.00 3.89 ± 0.97 3.92 ± 0.97 3.86 ± 1.01 3.78 ± 1.02 3.66 ± 0.98 3.67 ± 1.01 3.63 ± 1.02 3.72 ± 1.03 3.56 ± 1.06 3.61 ± 1.06 3.48 ± 1.05 3.59 ± 1.03 3.43 ± 1.04 3.52 ± 1.02 3.37 ± 1.10 3.44 ± 1.08 3.35 ± 1.05 3.43 ± 1.02 3.34 ± 1.01

Note: Except for sex, zBMI %, and SES %, depicting percent, all values represent means ± standard deviations for baseline assessment and annual follow-up within each age group. zBMI—standardized body mass index; SES—socio-economic status; CFQ—Child Feeding Questionnaire rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 to 5), with higher scores indicating higher controlling feeding practices and food-rewarding; RST—restrictive feeding; RW—food as reward; PE—pressure to eat; MN—monitoring.