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Table 4 Adjusted OR (CI 95%) for less than daily meal consumption at age 19 and 27 years, stratified by gender a

From: Meal frequencies in early adolescence predict meal frequencies in late adolescence and early adulthood

 

OR for breakfast/lunch/evening meal consumption less than daily at age 19

OR for breakfast/lunch/evening meal consumption less than daily at age 27

 

Women

Men

P-value gender interactionb

Women

Men

P-value gender interactionb

Age 15

      

Breakfast consumption

Daily

1

1

 

1

1

 

More seldom than daily

4.57(2.60-8.03)

4.73(2.13-10.52)

0.854

2.25(1.31-3.89)

1.27(0.59-2.73)

0.241

Lunch consumption

Daily

1

1

 

1

1

 

More seldom than daily

2.68(1.61-4.48)

2.20(1.09-4.43)

0.638

1.88(1.13-3.14)

1.55(0.75-3.20)

0.481

Evening meal consumption

Daily

1

1

 

1

1

 

More seldom than daily

2.80(1.72-4.55)

5.64(2.79-11.42)

0.132

1.07(0.50-2.27)

1.64(0.58-4.62)

0.544

Age 19

      

Breakfast consumption

Daily

   

1

1

 

More seldom than daily

   

1.98(1.21-3.23)

3.77(2.02-7.03)

0.112

Lunch consumption

Daily

   

1

1

 

More seldom than daily

   

1.98(1.20-3.26)

4.00(2.02-7.93)

0.140

Evening meal consumption

Daily

   

1

1

 

More seldom than daily

   

2.90(1.36-6.18)

8.30(2.85-24.16)

0.132

  1. aAdjusted for adolescent family social class and adolescent family structure.
  2. bThe interaction term was included in the analyses of the full study population.