Personal, social and environmental correlates of healthy weight status amongst mothers from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods: findings from the READI study

Table 3 Multivariate associations between personal, social environmental and physical environmental correlates and weight status

Factors	Adjusted OR^a	Adjusted 95% CI	P^b
PERSONAL
Self-care related to healthy eating
Feel guilty for preparing healthy foods when family prefers to eat other foods	0.94	(0.84, 1.05)	0.258
Family's food preferences take priority over own food preferences	0.96	(0.87, 1.06)	0.418
Make time to eat healthy foods even when busy looking after family	1.34	(1.21, 1.47)	<0.0005
Self-care related to PA
Make time for PA even when busy with family commitments	1.11	(1.02, 1.20)	0.016
SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL
Family support for healthy eating
How often does family eat healthy low-fat foods with you?	1.28	(1.16, 1.41)	<0.0005
How often does family encourage you to eat healthy low-fat foods?	0.81	(0.73, 0.89)	<0.0005
How often does family discourage you from eating unhealthy foods?	0.98	(0.89, 1.07)	0.624
Family/friend/environment support for PA
How often does family discourage you from sitting around?	0.98	(0.91, 1.06)	0.652
PHYSICAL-ENVIRONMENTAL
Home food availability
How often are energy-dense drinks available in home?	0.96	(0.92, 1.01)	0.087

Adjusted for country of birth, age, maternal education (co-variates), clustering of mothers by suburb, and all other predictor variables listed.
^a Odds ratios (ORs) > 1 indicated that higher scores on the measure (e.g. greater agreement with self care statements, frequency of family support, or home food availability) were associated with more healthy weight status. Odds ratios < 1 indicated the measure was associated with less healthy weight status.
^b P-values were calculated using ordinal regression; P-values < 0.05 are bolded.

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