Table 3.
Differences in Child Food Neophobia Scale score at 16 months of age according to exclusive breastfeeding or not at 3, 4, 5, and 6 months or more of age (Crude and adjusted models)
| Age | Exclusively breastfed | Not exclusively breastfed | Pa | Crude |
Adjusted |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B (95% confidence interval [CI]) | Pb | B (95% CI) | Pc | ||||
| 3 months or more | N = 184 | N = 62 | |||||
| Child food neophobia | 14.2 (6.8) | 14.4 (8.1) | 0.233 | −0.19 (−2.25, 1.89) | 0.860 | −0.09 (−2.16, 1.97) | 0.926 |
| 4 months or more | N = 153 | N = 93 | |||||
| Child food neophobia | 14.6 (6.9) | 13.8 (7.5) | 0.403 | 0.79 (−1.06, 2.64) | 0.403 | 0.89 (−0.97, 2.76) | 0.347 |
| 5 months or more | N = 60 | N = 186 | |||||
| Child food neophobia | 15.9 (7.5) | 13.7 (7.0) | 0.046 | 2.11 (0.04, 4.20) | 0.046 | 2.17 (0.11, 4.23) | 0.039 |
| 6 months or more | N = 24 | N = 222 | |||||
| Child food neophobia | 15.9 (7.8) | 14.1 (7.1) | 0.234 | 1.83 (−1.19, 4.85) | 0.234 | 1.61 (−1.38, 4.60) | 0.289 |
Two independent sample t-tests.
Linear regression.
Linear regression adjusting for maternal education and parental food neophobia.