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Table 4 Correlates of eating behaviors (breakfast & family meals)

From: The prevalence of eating behaviors among Canadian youth using cross-sectional school-based surveys

 

Eating breakfast

Eating with an adult Family member

 

Grade 5-8

Grade 9-12a

Grade 5-8a

Grade 9-12a

Adjusted R 2b

.013

0.062

0.003

0.038

Sex

    

Female (ref) vs. Male

1.37 ***

1.60 ***

0.96

1.00

Age

0.84 ***

0.90 ***

0.95 *

0.86 ***

Site

    

  PEI (ref) vs. Quebecc

1.089

1.80 ***

1.26 ***

1.66 ***

  PEI vs. Hamilton

-

0.70 ***

-

0.76 ***

  PEI vs. TBay

-

0.81 **

-

0.77 ***

  Quebec (ref) vs. Hamilton

-

0.39 ***

-

0.46 ***

  Quebec vs. TBay

-

0.45 ***

-

0.47 ***

  Hamilton (ref) vs. TBay

-

1.16 **

-

1.02

BMI d

    

  Healthy Weight (ref) vs. Underweight

-

1.20

-

1.97 **

  Healthy Weight vs. Overweight

-

0.95

-

0.97

  Healthy Weight vs. Obese

-

0.81 *

-

0.83

  Healthy Weight vs. Not Stated

-

0.73 ***

-

0.84 **

  Not Stated (ref) vs. Underweight

-

1.65 *

-

2.35 ***

  Not Stated vs. Overweight

-

1.30 **

-

1.16

  Not Stated vs. Obese

-

1.11

-

0.99

  Underweight (ref) vs. Overweight

-

0.79

-

0.49 **

  Underweight vs. Obese

-

0.67

-

0.42 ***

  Overweight (ref) vs. Obese

-

0.85

-

0.85

  1. *P < 0.05 **P < 0.01 ***P < 0.001. Bolded type denotes significance of at least <0.05.
  2. aOdds ratios are shown for binary logistic regressions adjusting for sex, age, site and BMI (except for grade 5-8).
  3. bThe R2 value presented is a Nagelkerke R2.
  4. cGrades 5-8 only have data available from PEI and Quebec site locations.
  5. dBMI was unavailable in grade 5-8 students.