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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Associations of parental feeding practices with children’s eating behaviors and food preferences: a Chinese cross-sectional study

Characteristics

N (%)

Mean ± SD

Age

  

9.0 ± 1.5

Sex

Male

131(54.6)

 

Female

110(45.4)

 

Weight (kg)

  

33.25 ± 11.16

Height (cm)

  

137.19 ± 11.36

Child’s BMI status

Underweight

18(7.5)

 

Normal weight

160(66.0)

 

Overweight

43(17.8)

 

Obese

21(8.7)

 

Parent’s sex

Male

77(31.9)

 

Female

165(68.1)

 

Parent’s education

Secondary high school or lower

7(2.9)

 

High school or equivalency

15(6.2)

 

Bachelor degree or equivalency

202(83.5)

 

Master’s degree or above

11(4.5)

 

Household income, RMB

 < 80,000

10(4.3)

 

80,000 ~ 150,000

71(29.4)

 

150,001 ~ 300,000

135(55.7)

 

 > 300,000

26(10.7)

 
  1. Mean ± SD reported for continuous variables