Table 2.

Associations of child and maternal characteristics with the first quartile of the PANDiet^* among young children (n 1152) aged 12–18 months, UK Diet and Nutrition Survey of Infants and Young Children (DNSIYC, 2011)

	OR	95 % CI	P value
Child characteristics
Age (months)	1·148	1·078, 1·223	<0·001
Siblings			0·021
None	1·000	Ref.
One	1·381	1·080, 1·765
Two or more	1·343	1·002, 1·800
Ethnicity			0·003
White	1·000	Ref.
South Asian	0·502	0·336, 0·752
Other	0·814	0·574, 1·154
Maternal characteristics
Age (years)	0·970	0·951, 0·990	0·003
Educational level			0·002
Degree level or above	1·000	Ref.
Qualification below degree level	1·404	1·090, 1·808
No qualifications	2·030	1·340, 3·076

Ref., referent category.

^*Results of logistic regression using the backwards elimination method are reported as adjusted odds ratio and 95 % confidence intervals. All variables shown in the table, characteristics of the child (sex and being the first born) and characteristics of the mother (BMI, being single, smoking and social class) were included in the model simultaneously.