A cross-sectional study of obesogenic behaviours and family rules according to family structure in European children

Stahlmann, Katharina; Hebestreit, Antje; DeHenauw, Stefaan; Hunsberger, Monica; Kaprio, Jaakko; Lissner, Lauren; Molnár, Dénes; Ayala-Marín, Alelí M.; Reisch, Lucia A.; Russo, Paola; Tornaritis, Michael; Veidebaum, Toomas; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Bogl, Leonie H.

doi:10.1186/s12966-020-00939-2

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 3 Association between family structure and obesogenic behaviours in European boys and girls

From: A cross-sectional study of obesogenic behaviours and family rules according to family structure in European children

	Boys				Girls
	Model 1 Coef. (95% CI)	P-value	Model 2 Coef. (95% CI)	P-value	Model 1 Coef. (95% CI)	P-value	Model 2 Coef. (95% CI)	P-value
Screen time (hours/week)
Number of boys/girls	3532		3516		3481		3471
Two-parent biological	Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference
Single-parent	2.15 (0.33,3.97)	0.021	2.05 (0.23,3.87)	0.027	3.12 (1.43,4.82)	< 0.001	2.99 (1.29,4.68)	0.001
Two-parent blended/adoptive	1.72 (0.17,3.27)	0.029	1.76 (0.22,3.31)	0.025	0.57 (−0.72,1.87)	0.39	0.47 (−0.83,1.76)	0.48
Other family types	0.54 (−2.18,3.27)	0.70	0.54 (−2.22,3.30)	0.70	−0.87 (−3.38,1.65)	0.50	−0.73 (−3.26,1.81)	0.58
Sleep duration (hours/day)
Number of boys/girls	3583		3566		3491		3482
Two-parent biological	Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference
Single-parent	−0.09 (−0.27,0.09)	0.31	−0.09 (− 0.26,0.09)	0.34	0.01 (− 0.17,0.19)	0.91	0.03 (− 0.15,0.20)	0.77
Two-parent blended/adoptive	0.01 (−0.14,0.16)	0.87	−0.01 (− 0.16,0.14)	0.93	0.005 (− 0.13,0.14)	0.95	0.02 (− 0.12,0.15)	0.81
Other family types	0.02 (−0.24,0.28)	0.87	0.06 (−0.21,0.32)	0.67	−0.06 (− 0.33,0.22)	0.69	−0.06 (− 0.34,0.22)	0.68
SSBs (servings/week)
Number of boys/girls	2113		2100		2003		1996
Two-parent biological	Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference
Single-parent	−0.58 (−2.83,1.66)	0.61	−0.53 (−2.77,1.72)	0.65	3.17 (0.89,5.45)	0.006	3.19 (0.91,5.47)	0.006
Two-parent blended/adoptive	3.08 (1.07,5.10)	0.003	3.01 (0.99,5.03)	0.004	−0.33 (−1.99,1.34)	0.70	−0.33 (−1.99,1.34)	0.70
Other family types	2.09 (−1.33,5.50)	0.23	2.01 (−1.48,5.50)	0.26	−0.99 (−4.30,2.33)	0.56	−0.98 (−4.30,2.34)	0.56

Abbreviations: β, Beta coefficient; CI, Confidence Interval; SSBs, sugar-sweetened beverages
Model 1 is adjusted for sex, age, parental education level, number of children and adults in the household
Model 2 is additionally adjusted for BMI z-score

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