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Table 3 Association of transtions with additional change in fast food intake, beyond the underlying trajectory, among participants in the Project EAT study with two or more waves of survey data (n = 2902)

From: Associations of early adulthood life transitions with changes in fast food intake: a latent trajectory analysis

 

Change in fast food intake, times per week, across transitions, β (p-value)

Model 1: Transitions across all waves

Model 2: Transitions between pairs of waves

Transition

All waves

Waves 1–2

Waves 2–3

Waves 3–4

Leaving the parental home

−0.17 (0.004)

−0.25 (< 0.001)

− 0.15 (0.03)

0.01 (0.91)

Leaving full-time education

−0.01 (0.90)

0.04 (0.64)

−0.05 (0.48)

− 0.07 (0.54)

Beginning full-time employment

0.16 (0.004)

0.22 (0.001)

0.11 (0.10)

0.20 (0.06)

Beginning cohabitation

−0.16 (0.007)

−0.05 (0.60)

− 0.17 (0.01)

−0.20 (0.02)

Becoming a parent

0.16 (0.004)

0.19 (0.05)

0.15 (0.05)

0.13 (0.08)

  1. Model 1 constrains associations to be the same across all waves, while Model 2 allows associations to vary over time. In other respects these models are identical. Models are adjusted for time-invariant covariates, the underlying growth curve, and mutually adjusted for the other transitions (see Fig. 1). Mean age at each wave: wave 1: 14.9y (SD = 1.6), wave 2: 19.4y (SD = 1.7), wave 3: 25.3y (SD = 1.6) and wave 4: 31.1y (SD = 1.6)