Table 1 General characteristic of children according to feeding difficulties.

Gender

Male

165

51.08

130

54.85

35

40.70

0.024

Female

158

48.92

107

45.15

51

59.30

Age in years

< 3

109

33.75

75

31.65

34

39.53

0.415

≥ 3 to < 5 years

131

40.56

99

41.77

32

37.21

≥ 5 years

83

25.70

63

26.58

20

23.26

BMIZ

Eutrophic

204

72.08

147

71.71

57

73.08

0.818

Overweight

79

27.92

58

28.29

21

26.92

HAZ

Very low/low

9

3.18

5

2.44

4

5.13

0.266

Appropriate

274

96.82

200

97.56

74

94.87

History of diseases

Respiratory diseases (n = 323)

143

44.27

103

43.46

40

46.51

0.626

Food allergy (n = 210)

25

11.90

20

12.74

5

9.43

0.521

Gastrointestinal disease (n = 209)

22

10.53

14

8.97

8

15.09

0.210

Endocrine disease (n = 209)

7

3.35

4

2.56

3

5.66

0.373

Kidney disease (n = 209)

3

1.44

1

0.64

2

3.77

0.159

Neurological disease (n = 209)

4

1.91

1

0.64

3

5.66

0.051

Prematurity

Yes

43

14.14

31

13.84

12

15.00

0.798

No

261

85.86

193

86.16

68

85.00

Birth order

1

210

66.25

152

65.24

58

69.05

0.465

2

73

23.03

53

22.75

20

23.81

3

34

10.73

28

12.02

6

7.14