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Table 2 Cross-sectional relationships of health behaviors and weight status by weight teasing status in young people, effect sizes and marginal means, main effects models

From: How is weight teasing cross-sectionally and longitudinally associated with health behaviors and weight status among ethnically/racially and socioeconomically diverse young people?

Adolescence (EAT 2010)

Outcome

Cohen’s d Statistic

Marginal Mean (95% CI)

p-value

  

Not Teased

Teased

 

Screen Time (hours/week)

0.13

38.9 (37.3, 40.5)

42.6 (40.3, 44.8)

0.011

MVPA (hours/week)

0.06

5.9 (5.6, 6.2)

5.6 (5.2, 6.0)

0.220

Sleep duration (hours/night)

0.12

8.6 (8.5, 8.6)

8.4 (8.3, 8.5)

0.026

Breakfast intake (days/week)

0.10

4.4 (4.2, 4.5)

4.1 (3.9, 4.3)

0.067

Fruit intake (servings/day)

0.07

2.1 (2.0, 2.2)

2.2 (2.1, 2.4)

0.160

Vegetable intake (servings/day)

0.19

1.2 (1.2, 1.3)

1.5 (1.4, 1.6)

 < 0.001

(SSB intake servings/week)

0.03

5.3 (4.9, 5.7)

5.5 (5.0, 6.0)

0.576

Fast-Food intake (times/month)

0.07

12.5 (11.6, 13.4)

13.6 (12.3, 14.9)

0.172

BMI-for-age (percentile)

0.31

66.1 (64.4, 67.8)

75.0 (72.6, 77.4)

 < 0.001

Young Adulthood (EAT 2018)

Outcome

Cohen’s d Statistic

Marginal Mean (95% CI)

p-value

  

Not Teased

Teased

 

Screen Time (hours/week)

0.10

24.8 (24.0, 25.6)

26.0 (25.0, 26.9)

0.068

MVPA (hours/week)

0.07

4.6 (4.3, 4.8)

4.3 (4.0, 4.6)

0.205

Sleep duration (hours/night)

0.24

8.6 (8.5, 8.7)

8.3 (8.1, 8.4)

 < 0.001

Breakfast intake (days/week)

0.13

3.9 (3.7, 4.0)

3.5 (3.3, 3.7)

0.011

Fruit intake (servings/day)

0.03

2.0 (1.9, 2.1)

1.9 (1.8, 2.1)

0.634

Vegetable intake (servings/day)

0.07

2.2 (2.1, 2.3)

2.1 (1.9, 2.2)

0.206

SSB intake (servings/week)

0.12

3.4 (3.1, 3.8)

4.1 (3.6, 4.5)

0.031

Fast-Food intake (times/month)

0.24

13.2 (12.2, 14.1)

16.7 (15.5, 17.8)

 < 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

0.47

25.8 (25.4, 26.3)

29.0 (28.5, 29.6)

 < 0.001

  1. BMI-for-age and BMI models adjusted for ethnicity/race, socioeconomic status, and gender. All other models adjusted for ethnicity/race, socioeconomic status, gender, and weight status. Gender assessed at follow-up; other covariates assessed at baseline
  2. Sample size range: 1190–1479; Weighted analyses
  3. Bold values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05
  4. MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, SSB Sugar-sweetened beverage, BMI Body mass index