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Table 1 Fathers’ self-efficacy category to promote healthy eating according to paternal predictorsa

From: Paternal self-efficacy for promoting children’s obesity protective diets and associations with children’s dietary intakes

Paternal characteristics

Persistently low self-efficacy

Decreasing self-efficacy

Increasing self-efficacy

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Age

 ≤33.4 years

1.0 (ref)

1.0 (ref)

1.0 (ref)

 ≥33.5 years

0.34

(0.10–1.15)

1.11

(0.60–2.10)

1.00

(0.41–2.47)

Education

 High school or lower

1.0 (ref)

1.0 (ref)

1.0 (ref)

 Trade or certificate

0.03

(0.004–0.19)

0.16

(0.05–0.50)

0.06

(0.01–0.26)

 University

0.13

(0.03–0.53)

0.27

(0.09–0.84)

0.24

(0.06–0.95)

BMI category

 Healthy weight

1.0 (ref)

1.0 (ref)

1.0 (ref)

 Over weight

2.12

(0.53–8.37)

0.82

(0.40–1.67)

0.65

(0.25–1.71)

 Obese

1.60

(0.24–10.81)

1.58

(0.62–4.04)

0.46

(0.08–2.44)

  1. Multinomial logistic regression, adjusted for intervention group and clustering by first-time parent group (reference group persistently high self-efficacy)
  2. aBold results are significant at p < 0.005