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

BEBQ appetitive trait subscales
	Food responsiveness		Slowness in eating and satiety responsiveness		Enjoyment of food
Age	Conditional	^aAdj. P value	Conditional	^aAdj. P value	Conditional	^aAdj. P value
Age	BMI z-score change	^aAdj. P value	BMI z-score change	^aAdj. P value	BMI z-score change	^aAdj. P value
	β (95 % CI)		β (95 % CI)		β (95 % CI)
3_6 months	0.18(0.04,0.32)	0.012	−0.15(−0.29,-0.01)	0.034	0.06(−0.07,0.20)	0.369
6_9 months	0.09(−0.05,0.23)	0.223	0.09(−0.06,0.24)	0.239	0.08(−0.06,0.23)	0.263
9_12 months	0.04(−0.09,0.17)	0.560	−0.06(−0.20,0.17)	0.366	−0.01(−0.13,0.13)	0.979
12_15 months	0.03(−0.10,0.17)	0.627	−0.10(−0.24,0.04)	0.158	−0.02(−0.15,0.19)	0.810
15_18 months	0.02(0.20,0.15)	0.782	−0.07(−0.26,0.11)	0.436	−0.17(−0.35,0.10)	0.054
18_24 months	0.07(−0.07,0.23)	0.378	0.06(−0.11,0.23)	0.485	0.13(−0.05,0.30)	0.153

^ap values adjusted for 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 p < 0.01 highlighted in bold are statistically significant. Valid n at 3_6 months (n = 200), 6_9 months (n = 194), 9_12 months (n = 198), 12_15 months (n = 204), 15_18 months (n = 159), 18_24 months (n = 144)

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