Relationships between inappropriate eating habits and problematic alcohol use, cigarette and waterpipe dependence among male adolescents in Lebanon

Table 2 Multivariable analysis (MANCOVA)

Model 1: LWDS score taken as the dependent variable
Variable	Beta	p	95% CI
Age	0.24	0.238	−0.16-0.65
House crowding index	0.31	0.523	−0.64-1.26
BMI	0.02	0.780	−0.12-0.16
EAT-26 score	0.11	< 0.001	0.06–0.17
Model 2: FTND score taken as the dependent variable.
Age	0.05	0.561	−0.11-0.21
House crowding index	0.14	0.462	−0.23-0.51
BMI	0.04	0.196	−0.02-0.09
EAT-26 score	0.02	0.102	−0.004-0.04
Model 3: AUDIT score taken as the dependent variable.
Age	0.14	0.392	−0.18-0.46
House crowding index	−0.26	0.503	−1.01-0.50
BMI	0.10	0.083	−0.01-0.21
EAT-26 score	0.08	< 0.001	0.04–0.12

LWDS Lebanese Waterpipe Dependence Scale, FTND Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Scale, AUDIT Alcohol use disorder identification test, EAT Eating attitude test, BMI Body Mass Index, numbers in bold indicate significant p-values.

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