Table 4 |
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Adjusted odds1,2 ratios (OR and 95% C.I.) for underweight, at risk for overweight, and overweight3 children at 4.5 years by eating behaviour |
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| Behaviour |
Category |
Underweight (< 10thpercentile) |
At risk for overweight (85–94.9thpercentile) |
Overweight (> = 95thpercentile) |
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| Picky eaters |
Never reported as picky eater# |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Reported as picky eater once or twice |
1.238 (0.877–1.747) |
0.671 (0.427–1.054) |
0.876 (0.534–1.438) |
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| Reported as picky eater at all 3 ages |
2.415 (1.383–4.216)* |
0.890 (0.376–2.106) |
1.125 (0.458–2.766) |
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| Overeaters |
Never reported as overeater# |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Reported as overeater once or twice |
0.815 (0.575–1.155) |
2.149 (1.490–3.098)* |
2.893 (1.880–4.452)* |
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| Reported as overeater at all 3 ages |
0.471 (0.185–1.200) |
3.249 (1.730–6.104)* |
6.098 (3.308–11.240)* |
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1 Adjusted for all of the included behaviours and for child sex and birth weight, income level, parental overweight/obesity, and mother's smoking status during pregnancy 2 Dependant reference category = 10–84.9th percentile 3 Percentiles from BMI on the CDC USA Growth curves (age- & sex-specific curves) * Significantly different from the reference category (p-value (type III – Wald chi-square test) < = 0.05) |
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Dubois et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007 4:9 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-4-9 |
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