TABLE 2.
Baseline Associations With Picky-Eating Trajectory Membership
| Picky-Eating Trajectory Membership | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Medium | High | ||
| Maternal characteristics | ||||
| Age, y, mean (SD)a | 28.5 (6.13) | 29.6 (7.28) | 31.1 (9.45) | .52 |
| Race and/or ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 54 (60.0) | 119 (68.79) | 31 (73.81) | .21 |
| Hispanic or not white | 36 (40.0) | 54 (31.21) | 11 (26.19) | |
| Level of education is high school diploma or more, n (%) | 39 (43.33) | 89 (51.44) | 19 (45.24) | .42 |
| Parity, mean (SD) | 2.02 (0.90) | 1.98 (1.23) | 1.61 (0.95) | .12 |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 33.4 (9.80) | 32.1 (8.70) | 31.8 (7.51) | .48 |
| Child characteristics | ||||
| BMIz at baseline, mean (SD) | 0.99 (1.08)b | 0.75 (1.11)b,c | 0.49 (1.04)c | .046 |
| Male sex, n (%) | 34 (37.8)b | 103 (60.6)c | 20 (47.6)b,c | .003 |
| Emotional regulation, mean (SD) | 3.32 (0.33)b | 3.13 (0.39)c | 3.05 (0.37)c | <.001 |
| Emotional lability, mean (SD) | 1.82 (0.43)b | 2.01 (0.49)c | 2.09 (0.48)c | .002 |
Analysis of variance or the Kruskal-Wallis test was used for continuous variables, and the χ2 test was used for categorical variables. Superscripts b and c that differ from one another denote significant differences between low, medium, and high picky-eating trajectories in the row variable.
a
Kruskal-Wallis test.