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Table 4 Associations of behavioral factors with overweight/obesity

From: The prevalence of obesity and influence of early life and behavioral factors on obesity in Chinese children in Guangzhou

Behavioral factors

Overweight

Obese

Crude model

Adjusted model a

Crude model

Adjusted model a

Dietary intake

 Fruits (serving/d)

0.98 (0.86, 1.11)

0.99 (0.87, 1.13)

0.94 (0.82, 1.08)

0.96 (0.83, 1.11)

 Vegetables (serving/d)

1.05 (0.95, 1.15)

1.05 (0.95, 1.16)

1.08 (0.98, 1.19)

1.12 (1.01, 1.24) *

 Meat products (serving/d)

1.01 (0.91, 1.12)

0.97 (0.87, 1.08)

1.00 (0.90, 1.12)

0.96 (0.85, 1.08)

 SSBs (cup/d)

1.32 (1.00, 1.74) *

1.37 (1.03, 1.83) *

1.42 (1.09, 1.86) *

1.39 (1.05, 1.85) *

 Breakfast (d/week)

0.97 (0.83, 1.13)

0.93 (0.79, 1.09)

0.98 (0.83, 1.16)

1.01 (0.83, 1.23)

 High-energy snacks (d/week)

0.94 (0.85, 1.03)

0.91 (0.83, 1.01)

0.95 (0.87, 1.05)

0.97 (0.87, 1.07)

 Fried food (time/week)

1.11 (0.97, 1.26)

1.10 (0.96, 1.26)

1.05 (0.91, 1.20)

1.07 (0.93, 1.24)

 Western fast food (time/week)

1.00 (0.95, 1.06)

1.01 (0.95, 1.06)

0.99 (0.94, 1.05)

0.97 (0.91, 1.04)

Eating speed (reference: as fast as peers)

 Slower than peers

0.60 (0.40, 0.89) *

0.55 (0.36, 0.84) **

0.58 (0. 37, 0.92) *

0.55 (0.34, 0.91) *

 Faster than peers

2.01 (1.48, 2.73) **

1.76 (1.27, 2.43) **

3.59 (2.64, 4.89) **

3.18 (2.28, 4.44) **

Sedentary time

 Doing homework (hour/d)

1.03 (0.91, 1.17)

1.04 (0.90, 1.19)

1.18 (1.04, 1.33) *

1.24 (1.08, 1.43) **

 Viewing television (hour/d)

1.00 (0.83, 1.19)

1.02 (0.84, 1.23)

1.05 (0.88, 1.24)

1.10 (0.91, 1.32)

 Using a computer (hour/d)

1.03 (0.84, 1.26)

1.01 (0.81, 1.26)

1.12 (0.92, 1.36)

1.04 (0.84, 1.30)

Physical activity

 Vigorous physical activity (hour/d)

0.99 (0.77, 1.27)

0.97 (0.75, 1.26)

1.06 (0.83, 1.36)

0.96 (0.73, 1.25)

 Moderate physical activity (hour/d)

1.00 (0.79, 1.28)

1.03 (0.80, 1.33)

0.97 (0.75, 1.26)

1.00 (0.76, 1.31)

 Walking (hour/d)

0.94 (0.84, 1.06)

0.94 (0.83, 1.07)

0.90 (0.79, 1.03)

0.92 (0.80, 1.06)

Sleep duration (reference: 7.0 ~ 8.9 h)

 

  < 7.0 h

0.83 (0.45, 1.53)

0.84 (0.44,1.57)

0.84 (0.44,1.60)

0.93 (0.47, 1.85)

 9.0 ~ 11.0 h

0.62 (0.46, 0.85) **

0.60 (0.43,0.84) **

0.82 (0.60,1.12)

0.87 (0.62, 1.22)

  > 11.0 h

1.57 (0.66, 3.74)

1.69 (0.69,4.16)

0.73 (0.23,2.32)

0.88 (0.26, 2.91)

  1. Bold text: OR was significant at 0.05 level
  2. Values were represented as OR and 95 % CIs derived from multinomial logistic regression analyses. The reference level for dependent variable was “normal weight”, which excluded the underweight children
  3. aAdjusted for age, gender, only child or not, paternal and maternal educational level, paternal and maternal occupation and monthly household income
  4. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01