Table 3 Mean component scores of food intake profiles at 24 months according to explanatory variables. Pelotas, Brazil, 2006

Sibling living at home

0.05

0.01

<0.001

0.06

<0.001

No

–4.47

–5.39

–21.27

3.70

8.72

Yes

4.02

4.86

18.98

–3.32

–7.80

Gender

0.3

0.03

1.0

0.06

0.5

Male

2.14

–4.26

0.01

3.42

–1.16

Female

–2.29

4.68

–0.02

–3.74

1.25

Maternal age at birth (years)

0.002 (0.06)*

0.01

0.08

0.2

<0.001 (0.05)*

<20

15.11

–10.22

5.34

–5.05

–14.23

20–29

–1.52

–1.40

2.50

3.85

0.02

30–39

–4.61

7.48

–7.65

–2.89

10.30

40 or more

–24.67

13.96

–4.60

–4.72

–5.22

Wealth quintiles (IEN)

<0.001

0.005

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

1^st (poorest)

28.19

7.92

53.80

–17.23

–28.38

2^nd

2.23

6.06

7.61

3.74

–2.40

3^rd

2.88

–6.23

–9.85

5.72

8.02

4^th

–11.14

3.46

–20.17

2.21

9.30

5^th (richest)

–32.46

–12.28

–49.11

8.80

20.14

Maternal schooling(complete years)

<0.001

0.006 (0.06)*

<0.001

0.007 (0.5)*

<0.001

0–3

23.18

18.86

48.90

–14.04

–35.72

4–7

17.40

4.17

29.99

–4.34

–19.91

8–10

1.98

–6.37

–2.89

–0.33

6.95

11 or more

–25.51

–4.09

–39.48

8.05

23.02

Care outside the home

0.2

0.005

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

No

1.07

2.27

6.34

–2.73

–3.34

Yes

–6.58

–13.92

–38.86

16.74

20.45

Bottle-feeding

0.5

<0.001

<0.001

0.01

<0.001

At 3 and 12 months of age

1.93

–25.79

1.09

3.61

–5.84

At 3 months but not at 12 months of age

–6.19

134.25

39.67

–4.40

–9.68

Not at 3 months but at 12 months of age

–4.79

16.30

–11.36

–4.20

10.14

Never

2.50

130.14

11.09

–20.28

22.08

Breast-feeding duration

0.1

<0.001

0.5

0.002

<0.001

Up to 7 days

20.20

–42.35

–6.92

17.28

–10.19

8 days |–3 moths

–3.51

–51.88

–1.88

10.11

–13.25

3 |– 6 months

–2.39

–48.06

–3.92

0.61

1.32

6 months or more

0.14

38.19

2.59

–5.51

5.32

Age started pacifier use (months)

0.3

<0.001

0.06 (0.03)*

<0.001

0.003

< 3 months

2.94

–32.54

–1.40

4.87

–4.71

3 months or more

–4.62

–22.86

–8.60

7.28

14.30

Never

–2.97

59.60

5.60

–10.27

1.35

Early introduction of solid foods (< 3 mo.-old)

<0.001

0.04

<0.001

0.3

0.006 (0.2)*

No

–3.52

2.07

–4.77

–0.98

2.07

Yes

20.47

–10.05

29.43

5.13

–12.64