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

CEBQ appetitive trait subscales
	Food responsiveness		Slowness in eating		Satiety responsiveness		Enjoyment of food
Age	Conditional BMI z-score	^aAdj.	Conditional BMI z-score	^qAdj.	Conditional BMI z-score	^aAdj.	Conditional 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_15 months	0.04(−0.10,0.18)	0.605	−0.11(−0.24,0.03)	0.120	−0.01(−0.12,0.15)	0.851	−0.04(−0.17,0.10)	0.589
15_18 months	−0.07(−0.25,0.11)	0.451	0.15(−0.02,0.31)	0.085	−0.04(−0.12,0.21)	0.606	0.01(−0.17,0.17)	0.993
18_24 months	−0.11(−0.07,0.29)	0.987	0.06(−0.22,0.09)	0.428	0.07(−0.08,0.22)	0.374	−0.04(−0.21,0.12)	0.605

^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 12_15 months (n = 204), 15_18 months (n = 159), 18_24 months (n-144)

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