Table 4.
Factors associated with dietary patterns in multivariable analysis (p < 0.05)
| Dietary pattern | Factor | Multivariable | OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diverse dietary pattern | Gender | Boys | 0.86 (0.78, 0.95) ** |
| Girls# | 1.00 | ||
| District | Urban | 0.87 (0.78, 0.98) * | |
| Rural# | 1.00 | ||
| C-FAIa score | above median | 1.34 (1.21, 1.48) *** | |
| Median & below# | 1.00 | ||
| Mother’s occupation | Leader | 1.27 (1.02, 1.58) * | |
| Unemployed# | 1.00 | ||
| Fast food concentrated dietary pattern | Gender | Boys | 1.84 (1.76, 1.93) ** |
| Girls# | 1.00 | ||
| Ethnicity | Han | 2.15 (1.19, 3.89) * | |
| Minority# | 1.00 | ||
| Age (years) | above median | 1.60 (1.38, 1.85) *** | |
| Median & below# | 1.00 | ||
| Household composition | Grand-parent | 0.77 (0.64, 0.94) ** | |
| Two-parent# | 1.00 | ||
| Children dimension | Multi-child family | 0.87 (0.78, 0.98) * | |
| Only-child family# | 1.00 | ||
| Father’s education | High school | 1.24 (1.07, 1.43) ** | |
| Technical school | 1.38 (1.18, 1.61) *** | ||
| College and above | 1.21 (1.00, 1.47) * | ||
| Middle school and below# | 1.00 | ||
| C-FAIa score | above median | 0.58 (0.53, 0.65) *** | |
| Median & below# | 1.00 | ||
| Pocket money (yuan/weekly) | 20–50 | 1.61 (1.49, 1.75) *** | |
| ≤ 20# | 1.00 | ||
| Family income (yuan/monthly) | 5001-10,000 | 0.76 (0.61, 0.95) * | |
| 10,001–20,000 | 0.73 (0.59, 0.90) ** | ||
| > 20,000 | 0.76 (0.60, 0.95) * | ||
| ≤ 2000# | 1.00 | ||
| Traditional dietary pattern | Gender | Boys | 0.83 (0.75, 0.92) *** |
| Girls# | 1.00 | ||
| Education level | Middle school | 0.83 (0.71, 0.97) * | |
| Primary school# | 1.00 | ||
| Mother’s education | High school | 0.82 (0.68, 0.99) * | |
| College and above | 0.75 (0.61, 0.92) ** | ||
| Middle school and below# | 1.00 |
Note: a means the Chinese Family Assessment Instrument. CI, confidence interval. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. # denotes the reference group