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Table 4 Associations between socio-economic status (SES) and the mediating variables

From: Maternal educational level and children’s healthy eating behaviour: role of the home food environment (cross-sectional results from the INPACT study)

Fruit consumption (N = 1269)

Mediators

Multivariate regression analyses

 

SES

Parental fruit intake

B (95% CI)

P-value

Low (Ref. group)

 

0.88

 

Intermediate

 

0.09 (-0.02 - 0.20)

0.10

High

 

0.25 (0.13 - 0.36)

0.00

SES

Parental rules regarding fruit intake

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Low (Ref. group)

 

1.00

 

Intermediate

 

1.18 (0.85-1.64)

0.32

High

 

1.78 (1.23 - 2.56)

0.00

SES

Home availability of fruit

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Low (Ref. group)

 

1.00

 

Intermediate

 

1.74 (1.05 - 2.88)

0.03

High

 

2.24 (1.25 - 4.00)

0.01

Vegetable consumption (N = 1265)

Mediators

Multivariate regression analyses

 

SES

Parental vegetable intake

B (95% CI)

P-value

Low (Ref. group)

 

144.99

 

Intermediate

 

11.29 (1.24 - 21.34)

0.03

High

 

28.86 (18.05 - 39.67)

0.00

SES

Parental rules regarding vegetable intake

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Low (Ref. group)

 

1.00

 

Intermediate

 

1.74 (1.13 - 2.69)

0.01

High

 

2.47 (1.49 - 4.10)

0.00

SES

Home availability of vegetables

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Low (Ref. group)

 

1.00

 

Intermediate

 

1.18 (0.78 - 1.77)

0.44

High

 

1.93 (1.19 - 3.11)

0.01

Breakfast consumption (N = 1270)

Mediator

Multivariate regression analyses

 

SES

Parental breakfast intake

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Low (Ref. group)

 

1.00

 

Intermediate

 

1.94 (1.24 - 3.04)

0.00

High

 

4.10 (2.28 - 7.37)

0.00

  1. B = unstandardized coefficient, OR = Odds ratio, 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval. Bold values represent statistically significant association. Multivariate regression analysis adjusted for: child's age, child's gender, child's ethnicity and child's BMI.