Table 3.

Bivariate correlations among maternal education, dietary patterns, physical aggression and related factors (n = 18,513)

	Maternal education	Healthy dietary pattern	High-fat-sugar-salt dietary pattern	Physical aggression	Physical aggression	Mental distress
Maternal education (6 months) (Range: 0–17)	1.000
Healthy dietary pattern (5 years old) (Range: 0–4)	0.170 ***	1.000
High-fat-sugar-salt dietary pattern (5 years old) (Range: 0–4)	− 0.216***	−0.007	1.000
Physical aggression (5 years old) (Range: 1–5)	− 0.103***	− 0.090***	0.170***	1.000
Physical aggression (3 years old) (Range: 1–5)	−0.126***	−0.078***	0.149***	0.381 ***	1.000
Mental distress (5 years old) (Range: 1–5)	0.036***	−0.029***	0.003	0.104 ***	0.042 ***	1.000
Household income (6 months) (Range: 1–8)	0.527***	0.194***	−0.164***	− 0.098 ***	− 0.105 ***	0.002

***: p < 0.001