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. 2022 Nov 16;19:139. doi: 10.1186/s12966-022-01376-z

Table 6.

Eating behaviors in early childhood associated with eating behaviors and dietary patterns at age 22 years

Predictor Unadjusted (n = 698) Adjusteda (n = 693)
 Outcome ß (SE) P value ß (SE) P value R2 R2adj
Fussy eating in early childhood
 Emotional undereating 0.06* (0.03) 0.04 0.06* (0.03) 0.03 0.06 0.05
 Food fussiness 0.14** (0.02) < 0.001 0.14** (0.02) < 0.001 0.07 0.07
 Healthy dietary pattern −0.05* (0.02) 0.05 −0.05* (0.02) 0.04 0.08 0.07
Overeating in early childhood
 Satiety responsiveness −0.07* (0.03) 0.03 −0.06 (0.03) 0.07 0.09 0.08
 Slowness in eating −0.15** (0.04) < 0.001 −0.14* (0.04) < 0.001 0.08 0.07
 Beverage-rich dietary pattern 0.07* (0.03) 0.03 0.03 (0.03) 0.36 0.14 0.13

Based on linear regressions testing whether scores for eating behaviors in early childhood are predictors of appetitive traits or dietary patterns at age 22 years

QLSCD Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development, R2adj Adjusted R squared

a Analyses adjusted for sex and both maternal education and family income when QLSCD participants were children

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01