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Table 3 The association of gender, family affluence, family completeness, urban context and parents’ educational level with eating-related parental rules and unhealthy eating habits among adolescents; odds ratios (OR), and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) between parentheses
| No eating-related parental rules OR (95 % CI) | Skip breakfast weekend OR (95 % CI) | Skip breakfast weekday OR (95 % CI) | Low fruit consumption OR (95 % CI) | Low vegetables consumption OR (95 % CI) | High sweets consumption OR (95 % CI) | High soft drinks consumption OR (95 % CI) | High energy drinks consumption OR (95 % CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender - boy | 0.62 (0.51–0.76)*** | ns | 0.72 (0.62–0.84)*** | 1.60 (1,35–1.88)*** | 1.71 (1.43–2.05)*** | ns | 1.24 (1.04–1.47)* | 2.20 (1.82–2.65)*** |
| Family affluence – low | 1.69 (1.14–2.51)** | 1.80 (1.21–2.67)** | 1.66 (1.14–2.40)** | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Incomplete family | 1.43 (1.03–1.98)* | ns | 1.39 (1.05–1.84)* | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Rural area | 0.75 (0.61–0.92)** | ns | ns | 1.30 (1.09–1.54)** | ns | 1.18 (1.01–1.39)* | 1.34 (1.12–1.60)** | 1.22 (1.01–1.46)* |
| Mother education – low | 1.30 (1.04–1.61)* | 1.64 (1.31–2.05)*** | 1.25 (1.05–1.49)* | 1.42 (1.17–1.73)*** | ns | 1.37 (1.14–1.64)** | 1.67 (1.37–2.03)*** | 1.80 (1.46–2.21)*** |
| Father education – low | 1.33 (1.07–1.64)** | 1.50 (1.27–1.78)*** | 1.50 (1.27–1.78)*** | 1.37 (1.14–1.65)** | ns | 1.34 (1.12–1.60)** | 1.82 (1.50–2.21)*** | 1.81 (1.48–2.23)*** |
