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Table 7 Multivariable logistic regression predicting the likelihood that parents report their child reaches Canada's Food Guide recommendations for fruit & vegetables

From: The impact of different types of parental support behaviours on child physical activity, healthy eating, and screen time: a cross-sectional study

Effect

Odds Ratio Point Estimate

95 % Wald Confidence Limits

p-value

 

Intercept

--

--

--

<.0001

***

Child age category (years)

     

 2 to 4

12.56

8.11

19.44

<.0001

***

 5 to 8

6.00

4.09

8.80

<.0001

***

 9 to 12

2.03

1.37

3.02

0.0005

***

 13 to 17

1.00

    

Child gender

     

 Male

0.98

0.77

1.24

0.8687

 

 Female

1.00

    

Parent age

1.00

0.98

1.02

0.9871

 

Parent gender

     

 Male

0.66

0.49

0.87

0.0039

**

 Female

1.00

    

Eat meals prepared or purchased at fast food restaurants with child

0.78

0.61

1.01

0.0545

 

Serve raw vegetables and/or fruit for snacks between meals

4.93

2.67

9.12

<.0001

***

Encourage child to help choose and prepare snacks and meals

1.39

0.95

2.02

0.0883

 

Eat meals as a family away from the TV

1.67

1.15

2.41

0.0069

**

Encourage child to eat breakfast

1.22

0.33

4.44

0.7649

 
  1. Association of Predicted Probabilities and Observed Responses
  2. Area under the ROC curve (c) = 0.79
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p <0.001