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Table 5 Association of body weight status, physical activity level and screen time with malted drink consumptiona

From: Characteristics associated with the consumption of malted drinks among Malaysian primary school children: findings from the MyBreakfast study

Variables

6–9 years old

10–12 years old

 

Odd Ratio (95 % CI)

p-value

Odd Ratio (95 % CI)

p-value

BMI-for-age

 BMI-for-age Z-score

1.02 (0.92, 1.13)

0.729

1.05 (0.95, 1.18)

0.341

Physical activity level

 Low

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

 Moderate

1.33 (0.97, 1.82)

0.079

0.93 (0.65, 1.34)

0.711

 High

1.77 (1.06, 2.99)

0.031

1.12 (0.56, 2.25)

0.757

Screen time, hours

 Weekdays

1.06 (0.94, 1.20)

0.361

1.02 (0.92, 1.14)

0.697

 Weekends

0.93 (0.86, 0.99)

0.032

0.95 (0.90, 1.01)

0.133

  1. aAdjusted for region, area, gender, ethnicity and household income, using multivariate logistic regression. Level of significance was set at 0.05 (two-tailed)
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