Table 2.
Characteristics of the 136 caregiver–child pairs according to caregivers' perception of their child's eating habits.
| Caregiver's perception of child's dietary habits | p-valuea | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 136) | Good (n = 56) | Normal (n = 55) | Poor (n = 25) | ||||||
| N (%) | % | % | % | ||||||
| Child's sex | |||||||||
| Male | 64 (47.1) | 46.4 | 45.5 | 52.0 | 0.856 | ||||
| Female | 72 (52.9) | 53.6 | 54.5 | 48.0 | |||||
| Whether child has food allergies | 0.596 | ||||||||
| Yes | 14 (10.3) | 7.1 | 12.7 | 12.0 | |||||
| No | 122 (89.7) | 92.9 | 87.3 | 88.0 | |||||
| Caregiver's employment | 0.442 | ||||||||
| Self employed | 9 (6.6) | 8.9 | 5.5 | 4.0 | |||||
| Full-time job | 61 (44.9) | 53.6 | 38.2 | 40.0 | |||||
| Part-time job | 57 (41.9) | 30.4 | 49.1 | 52.0 | |||||
| Others | 9 (6.6) | 7.1 | 7.3 | 4.0 | |||||
| Caregiver's BMI | 0.010 | ||||||||
| Underweight (<18.5) | 14 (10.3) | 10.7 | 10.9 | 8.0 | |||||
| Normal (18.5–24.9) | 88 (64.7) | 75.0 | 65.5 | 40.0 | |||||
| Overweight or obesity (25 ≤) | 24 (17.6) | 7.1 | 16.4 | 44.0 | |||||
| Missing | 10 (7.4) | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.0 | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Child's BMI-for-age z-score | 0.12 | 0.93 | 0.12 | 0.90 | 0.01 | 1.01 | 0.35 | 0.82 | 0.304 |
| Child's energy intake (kcal) | 1368.9 | 441.6 | 1370.8 | 364.5 | 1378.7 | 490.0 | 1338.2 | 501.2 | 0.930 |
| Caregiver's age (year) | 35.68 | 6.18 | 36.95 | 5.78 | 34.78 | 6.64 | 34.84 | 5.74 | 0.137 |
a
Chi-square test for frequency data and ANOVA for continuous variables. Bold values indicate the presence of significant difference (p < 0.05).