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Table 2 Adjusted OR (CI 95%) for low fruit intake by frequency of breakfast, lunch and evening meal, separately for boys and girls in three age groups. Adjusted for covariates

From: Fruit and vegetable intake is associated with frequency of breakfast, lunch and evening meal: cross-sectional study of 11-, 13-, and 15-year-olds

 

All

schoolchildren

Boys

Girls

Sex

interaction

Boys

  

Age

interaction

Girls

  

Age

interaction

    

P-value

11 years

13 years

15 years

P-value

11 years

13 years

15 years

P-value

Breakfast

            

Irregular vs. regular

1.42

(1.12-1.79)

1.12

(0.77-1.63)

1.63

(1.21-2.21)

0.1609

0.52

(0.30-0.90)

4.99

(1.90-13.07) A

1.69

(0.69-4.13)A

0.0011

1.55

(0.81-2.96)

1.80

(1.08-3.01)

1.64

(1.02-2.61)

0.9574

Lunch

            

Irregular vs. regular

1.68

(1.39-2.04)

1.95

(1.44-2.63)

1.49

(1.16-1.92)

0.2099

1.26

(0.78-2.04)

2.46

(1.36-4.45) A

4.11

(1.89-8.93) A

0.0423

1.70

(1.00-2.88)

1.38

(0.92-2.09)

1.54

(1.01-2.37)

0.8220

Evening meal

            

Irregular vs. regular

1.24

(0.93-1.66)

1.23

(0.74-2.07)

1.30

(0.92-1.83)

0.9120

0.98

(0.44-2.14)

1.11

(0.44-2.76)A

7.62

(0.89-65.05)A

0.2028

1.01

(0.47-2.17)

1.66

(0.87-3.17)

1.21

(0.72-2.02)

0.6605

  1. AThe analyses were performed using PROC LOGISTIC because PROC GLIMMIX did not converge
  2. The analyses including the full study population were adjusted for the covariates: sex, age, intended weight loss, body perception, overweight, family type and family social class
  3. The sex stratified analyses were adjusted for the same covariates except sex
  4. The sex and age stratified analyses were adjusted for the same covariates except sex and age