Table 4.

Logistic regression models predicting weight concerns (crude and adjusted odds ratios) among Irish boys aged 10–17 years (n 6187) with different family factors; 2010 Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study

	Weight ‘loss’ concern			Weight ‘gain’ concern
Family factor	Crude OR	Adjusted OR†	95 % CI (adjusted†)	Crude OR	Adjusted OR†	95 % CI (adjusted†)
Breakfast with mother/father every day	0·72***	0·80*	0·66, 0·97	0·61**	0·72	0·51, 1·03
Evening meal with mother/father every day	0·92	1·05	0·90, 1·22	0·70**	0·77*	0·60, 0·99
Ease of communication with father	0·56***	0·69***	0·57, 0·82	0·56***	0·77	0·57, 1·02
Ease of communication with mother	0·59***	0·74***	0·60, 0·90	0·53***	0·61**	0·44, 0·82
Father present in the home	0·77**	0·81*	0·67, 0·98	0·81*	1·08	0·76, 1·52
Mother working	0·94*	0·92	0·79, 1·08	1·05	1·06	0·82, 1·34

*P<0·05, **P<0·01, ***P<0·001;

^†Adjusted for all family factors, age group and social class.