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Table 5 Correlates of eating behaviors (fast-food & television)

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

 

Fast-food place or restaurant

Eating in front of the TV

 

Grade 5-8a

Grade 9-12a

Grade 5-8a

Grade 9-12a

Adjusted R 2b

0.005

0.031

0.001

0.020

Sex

    

Female (ref) vs. Male

1.27 ***

1.42 ***

1.07

1.16 **

Age

1.05 *

1.11 ***

1.00

1.00

Site

    

  PEI (ref) vs. Quebecc

0.98

0.65 ***

0.92

0.65 ***

  PEI vs. Hamilton

-

1.25 **

-

1.23 **

  PEI vs. TBay

-

0.89

-

1.11

  Quebec (ref) vs. Hamilton

-

1.94 ***

-

1.89 ***

  Quebec vs. TBay

-

1.37 ***

-

1.71 ***

  Hamilton (ref) vs. TBay

-

0.71

-

0.90

BMI d

    

  Healthy Weight (ref) vs. Underweight

-

0.77

-

0.71

  Healthy Weight vs. Overweight

-

0.95

-

1.04

  Healthy Weight vs. Obese

-

1.14

-

1.35 *

  Healthy Weight vs. Not Stated

-

0.97

-

0.90

  Not Stated (ref) vs. Underweight

-

0.80

-

0.79

  Not Stated vs. Overweight

-

0.98

-

1.15

  Not Stated vs. Obese

-

1.17

-

1.50 **

  Underweight (ref) vs. Overweight

-

1.23

-

1.45

  Underweight vs. Obese

-

1.47

-

1.89 *

  Overweight (ref) vs. Obese

-

1.20

-

1.31

  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.