highly significantP < 0·001
When maternal anxiety was added to a linear regression model with appetite as a predictor and WHZ as an outcome, the association of appetite was attenuated to non-significance (unadjusted β for WHZ = 0·227 P < 0·001, adjusted β = 0·067 P = 0·150) while maternal anxiety remained highly significant ( β = –0·69 P < 0·001).