Table 2 Infant appetitive trait scores and relationships between them.

From: The relationship between maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy in women with gestational diabetes mellitus and infant appetitive feeding behaviour at 6 months

Appetitive trait

Food response

Enjoyment of food

Slowness in eating

Satiety response

General appetite

 

n

Scores

SD/IQR

r

p values

r

p values

r

p values

r

p values

r

Overall

 Food responsiveness

247

2.37

0.75

1

        

 Enjoyment of food*

247

4.50**

(4.25–4.75)

− 0.04

0.56

1

      

 Slowness in eating

247

2.42

0.77

0.21

0.0008

− 0.22

0.0006

1

    

 Satiety responsiveness

247

2.42

0.71

− 0.10

0.11

− 0.22

0.0006

0.08

0.23

1

  

 General appetite*

246

4.00

(3.00–5.00)

0.44

< 0.0001

0.26

0.0002

− 0.06

0.57

− 0.24

< 0.0001

1

Boys

 Food responsiveness

126

2.42

0.74

1

        

 Enjoyment of food*

126

4.00**

(4.00–4.75)

0.06

0.49

1

      

 Slowness in eating

126

2.44

0.76

0.23

0.01

− 0.17

0.05

1

    

 Satiety responsiveness

126

2.39

0.71

− 0.01

0.91

− 0.21

0.02

0.15

0.10

1

  

 General appetite*

126

4.00**

(3.00–5.00)

0.39

< 0.0001

0.30

0.0007

− 0.07

0.42

− 0.10

0.28

1

Girls

 Food responsiveness

121

2.32

0.75

1

        

 Enjoyment of food*

121

4.50**

(4.25–4.75)

0.04

0.68

1

      

 Slowness in eating

121

2.40

0.78

0.19

0.03

− 0.19

0.04

1

    

 Satiety responsiveness

121

2.46

0.71

− 0.20

0.03

− 0.22

0.02

0.01

0.92

1

  

 General appetite*

121

4.00**

(3.00–4.50)

0.50

< 0.0001

0.19

0.04

− 0.01

0.95

− 0.41

< 0.0001

1

  1. n number of study participants; Scores are mean or median, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, r Pearson correlation coefficients.
  2. *r values are Spearman correlation coefficients.
  3. **Median values; Differences between boys and girls were tested via Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test; Missing: boys n = 32, girls n = 46.
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