Table 2.

Infant appetitive trait scores and relationships between them.

Appetitive trait				Food response		Enjoyment of food		Slowness in eating		Satiety response		General appetite
	n	Scores	SD/IQR	r	p values	r	p values	r	p values	r	p values	r
Overall
Food responsiveness	247	2.37	0.75	1
Enjoyment of food*	247	4.50**	(4.25–4.75)	− 0.04	0.56	1
Slowness in eating	247	2.42	0.77	0.21	0.0008	− 0.22	0.0006	1
Satiety responsiveness	247	2.42	0.71	− 0.10	0.11	− 0.22	0.0006	0.08	0.23	1
General appetite*	246	4.00	(3.00–5.00)	0.44	< 0.0001	0.26	0.0002	− 0.06	0.57	− 0.24	< 0.0001	1
Boys
Food responsiveness	126	2.42	0.74	1
Enjoyment of food*	126	4.00**	(4.00–4.75)	0.06	0.49	1
Slowness in eating	126	2.44	0.76	0.23	0.01	− 0.17	0.05	1
Satiety responsiveness	126	2.39	0.71	− 0.01	0.91	− 0.21	0.02	0.15	0.10	1
General appetite*	126	4.00**	(3.00–5.00)	0.39	< 0.0001	0.30	0.0007	− 0.07	0.42	− 0.10	0.28	1
Girls
Food responsiveness	121	2.32	0.75	1
Enjoyment of food*	121	4.50**	(4.25–4.75)	0.04	0.68	1
Slowness in eating	121	2.40	0.78	0.19	0.03	− 0.19	0.04	1
Satiety responsiveness	121	2.46	0.71	− 0.20	0.03	− 0.22	0.02	0.01	0.92	1
General appetite*	121	4.00**	(3.00–4.50)	0.50	< 0.0001	0.19	0.04	− 0.01	0.95	− 0.41	< 0.0001	1

n number of study participants; Scores are mean or median, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, r Pearson correlation coefficients.

*r values are Spearman correlation coefficients.

**Median values; Differences between boys and girls were tested via Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test; Missing: boys n = 32, girls n = 46.