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. 2019 May 21;22(14):2625–2634. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019001010

Table 4.

Association between contextual and individual characteristics of the school food environment and obesity in school-going adolescents aged 12–17 years. Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA), Brazil, 2013–2014

Crude analysis Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Characteristic OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI
Contextual level
 Offer of meals prepared on the school premises
  No Ref. Ref. Ref.
  Yes 0·58*** 0·49, 0·69 0·71** 0·55, 0·92 0·65** 0·50, 0·85
 Sale of foods at school
  No Ref. Ref.
  Yes 1·45*** 1·22, 1·72 1·21 0·98, 1·50
 Advertisement of industrialized foods at school
  No Ref.
  Yes 1·10 0·87, 1·40
 Sale of food in the school’s immediate vicinity
  No Ref.
  Yes 1·03 0·83, 1·27
Individual level
 Consumption of meals prepared on the school premises
  No Ref.
  Yes 1·01 0·87, 1·18
 Purchase of foods at the school cafeteria
  No Ref. Ref.
  Yes 1·23* 0·98, 1·55 1·21 0·97, 1·52

Ref., reference category.

Model 1, contextual variables; model 2, individual variables; model 3, contextual and individual variables. All models were adjusted for sex, age, puberty stage, physical activity and type of school administrative dependency (public/private).

*

P < 0·20, **P < 0·05, ***P < 0·001.