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Table 3 Multivariable multinomial logistic regression analysis of factors associated with combinations of risk behaviours among children

From: Clustering and correlates of screen-time and eating behaviours among young children

 

Low FV / high ED

High ST / Low FV

High ST / High ED

3 risk behaviours

Demographic

 Parental income: Less than 39 k in GBP per year (ref: more than 39 k in GBP per year)

22.55 (1.39, 64.84)*

17.96 (1.04, 31.41)*

23.02 (0.70, 56.71)

31.38 (1.99, 93.62)*

Behavioural

 Child eats breakfast while watching TV (ref: [2] or less days a week)

0.78 (0.07, 9.01)

6.95 (1.10, 43.79)*

1.54 (0.06, 37.06)

3.05 (0.40, 23.06)

 Child eats fruit and vegetables while watching TV (ref: [2] or less days a week)

0.27 (0.02, 4.63)

0.29 (0.03, 3.52)

0.65 (0.02, 21.82)

0.52 (0.05, 6.12)

 Child eats energy-dense snacks while watching TV (ref: [2] or less days a week)

34.09 (2.02, 74.19)*

1.27 (0.08, 20.09)

10.55 (2.25, 45.02)*

8.79 (0.73, 106.79)

 Parents’ TV/DVD viewing (ref: less than 2 h a day)

0.54 (0.09, 3.15)

27.01 (2.00, 71.26)*

1.47 (0.07, 30.81)

7.19 (1.07, 53.10)*

 Parents’ energy-dense snack food consumption (ref: less than 1.4 a day)

25.18 (3.97, 59.51)***

1.33 (0.25, 7.16)

34.52 (1.94, 62.59)*

4.09 (0.74, 22.77)

Physical environmental

 Home availability of energy-dense snack foods (ref: low – below median score of 8.5)

7.66 (1.05, 30.61)*

1.46 (0.29, 7.23)

5.67 (0.34, 94.28)

5.82 (1.10, 30.67)*

 Home availability of fruit and vegetables (ref: low – below a median score of 8)

0.32 (0.10, 1.05)

0.27 (0.08, 1.02)

1.11 (0.12, 10.64)

0.92 (0.24, 3.52)

  1. Note: referent category of dependent variables is the none or one risk behaviour group
  2. Only variables significant in the univariate analyses (Table 2) were entered into the multivariable analyses, hence not all variables are included in Table 3
  3. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001