Prospective associations of appetitive traits at 3 and 12 months of age with body mass index and weight gain in the first 2 years of life

Table 3 Multivariate linear regressions of each appetitive trait (independent variables) at 12 months of age measured by the CEBQ on BMI z-score (dependent variables) from 12 months up to 24 months of age

CEBQ appetitive trait subscales
	Food responsiveness		Slowness in eating		Satiety responsiveness		Enjoyment of food
Age	BMI z-score	^aAdj.	BMI z-score	^aAdj.	BMI z-score	^aAdj.	BMI z-score	^aAdj.
	β (95 % CI)	p value	β (95 % CI)	p value	β (95 % CI)	p value	β (95 % CI)	P value
12 months	0.09(−0.03,0.22)	0.150	−0.07(−0.20,0.05)	0.238	−0.07(−0.20,0.05)	0.239	0.07(−0.06,0.19)	0.285
15 months	0.11(0.02,0.23)	0.213	−0.12(−0.25,0.002)	0.054	−0.08(−0.21,0.04)	0.200	0.061(−0.07,0.19)	0.343
18 months	0.01(−0.14,0.16)	0.870	−0.02(−0.11,0.16)	0.759	−0.10(−0.23,0.04)	0.165	0.080(−0.05,0.21)	0.232
24 months	0.07(−0.08,0.21)	0.357	−0.02(−0.15,0.12)	0.808	−0.10(−0.23,0.04)	0.169	0.091(−0.04,0.22)	0.179

^ap values adjusted for birth BMI z-score, maternal ethnicity, maternal education, infant feeding patterns up to 6 months of age, mothers age , birth order, smoking during pregnancy, gestational age, pregnancy BMI at 26 weeks. p values < 0.01 highlighted in bold are statistically significant. Valid n at 12 months (n = 208), 15 months (n = 205), 18 months (n = 162), and 24 months (n = 179)

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