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Table 2 Association between individual behaviors, parent influences, and home environment factors and overweight/obesity and WHtR ≥ 0.5 in children (n = 3884)

From: Associations between childhood overweight, obesity, abdominal obesity and obesogenic behaviors and practices in Australian homes

 

Overweight/obese

WHtR ≥ 0.5

Child Behaviors

OR (95% CI)

P value

AORa (95% CI)

P value

OR (95% CI)

P value

AORa (95% CI)

P value

Does eat breakfast daily

1.0

   

1.0

 

1.0

 

Do not eat breakfast daily

1.58 (1.18, 2.11)

0.001

1.39 (1.07, 1.81)

0.015

1.94 (1.36, 2.76)

0.001

1.67 (1.20, 1.33)

0.002

Eats dinner in front of TV <5/week

1.0

   

1.0

 

1.0

 

Eats dinner in front of TV ≥5/week

1.24 (0.91, 1.68)

0.160

1.19 (0.87, 1.62)

0.270

1.33 (0.93, 1.91)

0.114

1.18 (0.78, 1.77)

0.422

Eats fast food <1/week

1.0

   

1.0

 

1.0

 

Eats fast food ≥1/week

1.37 (1.10, 1.70)

0.005

1.23 (0.98, 1.56)

0.074

1.44 (1.15, 1.82)

0.001

1.30 (0.99, 1.68)

0.055

Use e-devices during sleep time (never/sometimes)

1.0

   

1.0

 

1.0

 

Use e-devices during sleep time (usually)

1.26 (0.78, 2.05)

0.347

1.08 (0.68, 1.73)

0.731

1.62 (1.00, 2.62)

0.045

1.50 (0.88, 2.38)

0.136

Parent influences

 Rules on snacking in the home

1.0

   

1.0

 

1.0

 

 No rules on snacking in the home

1.15 (0.84, 1.57)

0.389

1.16 (0.88, 1.53)

0.276

1.46 (1.05, 2.03)

0.022

1.20 (0.88, 1.63)

0.246

 Sweet used as a reward for good behavior (never/sometimes)

1.0

   

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Sweet used as a reward for good behavior (usually)

0.96 (0.71, 1.31)

0.810

1.02 (0.76, 1.38)

0.880

1.01 (0.64, 1.60)

0.965

0.90 (0.56, 1.44)

0.648

 Rules on screen-time (usually)

1.0

   

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Rules on screen-time (never/sometimes)

1.20 (0.85, 1.69)

0.310

1.22 (0.85, 1.75)

0.268

1.70 (1.19, 2.43)

0.003

1.67 (1.14, 2.45)

0.007

Home environment factors

 Soft drink available in the home (never/sometimes)

1.0

   

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Soft drink available in the home (usually)

1.51 (1.13, 2.01)

0.005

1.24 (0.94, 1.64)

0.134

1.50 (1.07, 2.11)

0.017

1.25 (0.85, 1.84)

0.248

 No TV in the bedroom

1.0

   

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Has a TV in the bedroom

1.74 (1.28, 2.36)

0.001

1.54 (1.13, 2.09)

0.006

1.96 (1.47, 2.61)

0.001

1.80 (1.31, 2.46)

0.001

  1. WHtR waist-to-height ratio
  2. aadjusted for age, sex, socio-economic status, rural/urban residence, cultural background and meeting daily physical activity recommendation