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Table 2 Characteristics of parent–child dyads and factors associated with non-response of parent

From: Agreement between parent and child report on parental practices regarding dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours: the ENERGY cross-sectional survey

		Participants		Non-responders*
		N	%	N	%	OR^†	95% CI
Child - parent dyads		6′425		1′452
Child
Gender	Girls	3′423	53	675	47	1.00
	Boys	3′002	47	777	54	0.73	0.63	-	0.84
Age (years)	10 < 11	1,418	22	226	16	1.00
	11 < 12	2,859	45	530	37	0.96	0.78	-	1.18
	12 < 13	1,933	30	523	36	0.69	0.55	-	0.85
	13 < 14	205	3	81	6	0.40	0.27	-	0.58
National lan-guage at home	No	422	7	182	13	1.00
National lan-guage at home	Yes	5′951	93	1′199	83	2.45	1.92	-	3.12
Living with	Both parents	5′335	83	1′132	78	1.00
	Mother or father	581	9	186	13	0.65	0.52	-	0.82
	Other adults	466	7	65	5	0.90	0.66	-	1.22
Siblings	No	988	15	176	12	1.00
	Yes	5′384	84	1′203	83	0.87	0.71	-	1.07
Weight status	Normal	4′354	68	955	66	n.a.
	Overweight^‡	1′470	23	295	20
	Underweight^§	506	8	108	7
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
BMI of child	kg/m2	19.01	3.29	18.99	3.38	0.97	0.95	-	0.99
Parent		N	%
Gender	Mother	5′297	82
Gender	Father	1′107	17
Education	< 14 years	2′800	44
	≥ 14 years	3′560	55
		Mean	SD
Age of parent	years	41.34	5.20
BMI of parent	kg/m²	24.50	4.25

Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, CI Confidence Interval, OR Odds ratio.
*Parents who did not return a questionnaire.
^†Multilevel (country, school) logistic regression analyses with response as outcome variable including all child characteristics listed (including BMI as a continuous variable).
^‡Using IOTF standard definition [41].
^§Using cut-off value as defined by Cole et al., BMJ, 2007 [40].
Percentages do not always add up to 100% due to missing values and rounding.

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