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Table 2 School factors associated with grade 7-12 students’ sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (N = 10879) and food consumption index (N = 10735)

From: Associations between the school food environment, student consumption and body mass index of Canadian adolescents

 

Sugar-sweetened beverage

Food consumption index (n = 10496)

None versus one (n = 9518)

None versus 2+ (n = 7247)

   

OR [95% CI], p-value

OR [95% CI], p-value

b [95% CI], p-value

Constant

-

-

4.48 [3.59; 5.37], p < .001

Covariates

School postsecondary education

0.89 [0.81–0.96], p = .01

0.84 [0.71–0.99], p = .048

0.12 [0.01; 0.23], p = .04

School setting

Urban (reference)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Suburban

1.15 [0.91–1.41], p = .19

1.09 [0.76–1.54], p = .64

0.03 [-0.23; 0.29], p = .83

Rural

1.01 [0.85–1.21], p = .89

1.11 [0.80–1.52], p = .54

0.04 [-0.21; 0.28], p = .77

Age

0.98 [0.95–1.01], p = .17

1.01 [0.96–1.05], p = .77

0.02 [-0.02; 0.05], p = .33

Sex

Male (reference)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Female

0.49 [0.45–0.54], p < .001

0.28 [0.24–0.33], p < .001

0.51 [0.42; 0.60], p < .001

School environment

 

Policy institutionalization – district guidelines

1.08 [0.90–1.28], p = .44

0.98 [0.70–1.35], p = .88

-0.09 [-0.31; 0.14], p = .44

Policy institutionalization – school nutrition practices

0.65 [0.48–0.88], p = .01

0.69 [0.41–1.15], p = .16

0.23 [-0.12; 0.58], p = .19

Capacity & resources

Nutritional resources

1.01 [0.88–1.16], p = .90

0.99 [0.76–1.27], p = .91

-0.06 [-0.24; 0.12], p = .53

Program participation

None (reference)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1 program

0.96 [0.84–1.08], p = .48

0.96 [0.73–1.26], p = .77

0.01 [-0.18; 0.20], p = .93

2 programs

0.97 [0.76–1.23], p = .81

0.88 [0.75–1.26], p = .49

0.07 [-0.15; 0.29], p = .54

Internal and external support

0.91 [0.78–1.06], p = .25

1.08 [0.78–1.48], p = .65

-0.03 [-0.24; 0.19], p = .80

Sugar-sweetened beverages availability

No (reference)

1.00

1.00

NA

Yes

1.15 [1.02–1.30], p = .02

1.43 [1.13–1.80], p = .003

NA

Food availability index

 

NA

NA

0.02 [-0.02; 0.05], p = .41

  1. OR = Odds ratio; CI = Confidence Interval; b = non-standardized parameter estimate.