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Table 2 Characteristics of study participants and Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) scores stratified by sex

From: Sex-specific effects of perinatal dioxin exposure on eating behavior in 3-year-old Vietnamese children

  

Boys

Girls

  

(N = 106)

(N = 79)

 

Characteristics, CEBQ scores

Mean, N (%)

SD

Mean, N (%)

SD

Mothers

Age (years)

27.9

5.7

28.4

6.6

Primiparae (%)

30 (28.3)

 

25 (32.9)

 

Weight during pregnancy (kg)

58.4

6.3

56.7

7.1

Height (cm)

154.4

4.9

154.0

5.3

BMI

24.5

2.6

23.9

2.5

Family income (VND)

2986

1489

3012

1717

Children

Age at the survey (months)

36.3

1.5

36.8

1.6

Birth weight (g)

3280

384

3187

352

Gestational weeks at birth

39.6

0.8

39.5

0.8

Weight at the survey (kg)

14.1

1.9

13.4

1.9

Height at the survey (cm)

93.2

3.2

91.9

3.6

BMI at the survey

16.2

1.5

15.8

1.6

CEBQ scores

 Satiety Responsiveness (SR)

2.3

0.7

2.5

0.7

 Slowness in Eating (SE)

2.7

0.8

3.0

0.9

 Fussiness (FU)

3.1

0.4

3.2

0.4

 Food Responsiveness (FR)

2.6

1.0

2.9

1.0

 Enjoyment of Food (EF)

4.1

0.8

4.0

0.8

 Desire to Drink (DD)

3.3

1.3

3.4

1.2

 Emotional of Undereating (EU)

3.2

0.9

3.5

0.9

 Emotional of Overeating (EO)

2.0

0.6

2.3

0.8

 Food Approach (FAPP)

3.0

0.7

3.1

0.6

 Food Advoident (FAVD)

2.8

0.4

3.1

0.4

  1. The food approach score was calculated from the food responsiveness, enjoyment of food, desire to drink, and emotional over-eating scores
  2. The food avoidance score was calculated from the satiety responsiveness, slowness in eating, fussiness, and emotional under-eating scores
  3. N number of subjects, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, VND Vietnam Dong