Table 3.

Logistic regression analyses for the relationship between overweight and family meals and watching TV during meals in 11-year-old children in Northern Europe and Southern & Eastern Europe, PRO GREENS project, 2009; odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals adjusted for age, gender, parental educational level and country. Separate model for every meal-related variable

	Northern Europe		Southern & Eastern Europe
Meal-related determinants of overweight	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
How often do you have breakfast with your mother and father?	P=0·04 (n 2781)		P=0·27 (n 3253)
Every day	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
4–6 week	1·10	0·81, 1·48	0·98	0·75, 1·27
1–3 d/week	1·31	1·00, 1·72	1·14	0·93, 1·40
<1 d/week	1·53	1·11, 2·12	0·91	0·73, 1·33
How often do you have dinner with your mother and father?	P=0·06 (n 2758)		P=0·77 (n 3212)
Every day	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
4–6 d/week	0·94	0·70, 1·25	1·12	0·88, 1·42
1–3 d/week	1·02	0·66, 1·59	1·01	0·78, 1·30
<1 d/week	2·08	1·21, 3·58	0·95	0·70, 1·28
How often is a TV on during dinner?	P<0·001 (n 2752)		P=0·07 (n 3248)
Every day	1·94	1·45, 2·59	1·26	0·94, 1·68
4–6 d/week	1·24	0·88, 1·76	0·96	0·71, 1·29
1–3 d/week	0·96	0·68, 1·35	0·91	0·67, 1·23
<1 d/week	1·07	0·77, 1·49	1·24	0·91, 1·70
Never	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.

TV, television; ref., referent category.