Early life and socio-economic determinants of dietary trajectories in infancy and early childhood – results from the HSHK birth cohort study

Table 2 Factors associated with trajectories of core foods consumption in infancy and early childhood

Core food trajectories	Adjusted RR	95% CI		P
Group 1^a	(reference group)
Group 2 ^{b, d}
*Maternal country of birth*
Australia-born	1.00
English speaking country	1.24	0.63	2.44	0.535
Non-English-speaking country	0.66	0.47	0.91	0.013
Group 3 ^c,e
*Maternal age (in years)*	1.05	1.01	1.08	0.012
*Maternal marital status*
Married	1.00
Single	0.40	0.18	0.85	0.017
*Number of children*
1	1.00
2	0.66	0.43	1.00	0.052
≥ 3	0.46	0.27	0.77	0.003
*Breastfeeding duration (in months)*	1.02	1.00	1.03	0.001

RR Relative Risk Ratio, 95% CI 95% Confidence Interval
^a Trajectory Group 1 - Lowest (Gradual increase with late decrease)
^b Trajectory Group 2 - Medium (Rapid increase with late decrease)
^c Trajectory Group 3 - Highest (Rapid increase with early decrease)
^d Adjusted for child gender, maternal age, maternal marital status, number of children, maternal education, maternal work status, index of relative socioeconomic advantage and disadvantage, age of introduction of solid foods, breastfeeding duration
^e Adjusted for child gender, maternal country of birth, maternal education, maternal work status, index of relative socioeconomic advantage and disadvantage, age of introduction of solid foods

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