Table 5 Factors associated with overweight and thinness (n = 345)

Main analysis

 Disability type

  Sensory

Reference

  Physical

1.29 [0.31 – 5.40]

0.728

1.32 [0.31 – 5.56]

0.702

1.69 [0.69 – 4.12]

0.247

1.68 [0.68 – 4.19]

0.262

  Developmental

5.78 [1.64 – 20.35]

0.006

5.84 [1.59 – 21.51]

0.008

1.98 [0.81 – 4.84]

0.135

1.79 [0.68 – 4.68]

0.234

  Autism

5.44 [1.28 – 23.11]

0.022

5.56 [1.23 – 25.23]

0.026

1.17 [0.32 – 4.30]

0.817

1.07 [0.27 – 4.22]

0.920

  Multiple disabilities

1.96 [0.37 – 10.42]

0.430

2.15 [0.36 – 12.87]

0.400

3.18 [1.17 – 8.69]

0.024

2.53 [0.79 – 8.18]

0.120

 Accommodation

  Home

Reference

  Institution

0.56 [0.29 – 1.10]

0.093

0.81 [0.36 – 1.78]

0.600

0.76 [0.44 – 1.31]

0.319

0.87 [0.44 – 1.72]

0.693

 Age

1.05 [0.96 – 1.15]

0.311

1.07 [0.96 – 1.19]

0.190

1.08 [0.99 – 1.16]

0.064

1.14 [1.05 – 1.25]

0.003

 Sex

  Boy

Reference

  Girl

1.03 [0.53 – 2.00]

0.937

1.19 [0.59 – 2.43]

0.623

0.69 [0.39 – 1.23]

0.208

0.61 [0.33 – 1.12]

0.113

 Feeding ability of a child

  Self-fed

Reference

  Needed feeding

0.83 [0.30 – 2.27]

0.718

0.79 [0.26 – 2.43]

0.687

2.43 [1.28 – 4.65]

0.007

2.81 [1.26 – 6.24]

0.011

Analysis excluding missing data ^a

 CDDS (n=333)

0.71 [0.49 – 1.03]

0.902

0.77 [0.52 – 1.15]

0.206

0.72 [0.53 – 0.97]

0.034

0.67 [0.47 – 0.94]

0.021

 Types of disability ID card (n=230)

  White & Yellow card (Mild-Moderate disability)

Reference

  Red card (Profound disability)

4.33 [0.92 – 20.23]

0.063

2.37 [0.39 – 14.23]

0.345

2.39 [0.93 – 6.12]

0.069

2.79 [0.87 – 8.87]

0.082

  Blue card (Severe disability)

2.29 [0.48 – 10.97]

0.299

2.03 [0.34 – 11.93]

0.434

0.71 [0.26 – 1.99]

0.520

0.77 [0.22 – 2.67]

0.684