Feeding Difficulties and Feeding Behaviors of Thai Children with Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy

Table 4

Feeding difficulties in children with CMPA compared to healthy children.

	CMPA group ()	Healthy group ()	value
MCH-FS -score^1			0.80
MCH-FS -score adjusted for age^1			0.12
Classification of feeding difficulties^2^,^3
No feeding difficulties	19 (63.3%)	52 (56.5%)	0.70
Mild feeding difficulties	4 (13.3%)	21 (22.8%)
Moderate feeding difficulties	2 (6.7%)	7 (7.6%)
Severe feeding difficulties	5 (16.7%)	12 (13%)

¹Continuous variables with normal distribution are presented as , compared between two groups using an independent -test. ²Categorical variables are presented as (%), compared between two groups using a chi-squared test. ³The degree of feeding difficulties was classified according to MCH-FS. Abbreviation: CMPA, cow’s milk protein allergy; MCH-FS, Montreal Children’s Hospital Feeding Scale; CEBQ, Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire.