Table 3.
Associations between family environment factors and girls' soft drink and fruit and vegetable intake
| Independent Associationsa | Mutually-adjusted Associationsb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Estimate | p | Estimate | p | |
| Outcome: Soft drink intake in servings/day | |||||
| Home availability of FV | 251 | -0.11 | .238 | -0.09 | .347 |
| Home soft drink availability | 251 | 0.41 | <.001 | 0.31 | .003 |
| Parental soft drink intake | 250 | 0.44 | <.001 | 0.30 | .005 |
| Familial encouragement to eat healthy foods | 249 | 0.03 | .706 | 0.14 | .156 |
| Family meal frequency | 252 | 0.05 | .546 | 0.09 | .308 |
| Fast food family meal frequency | 252 | 0.02 | .782 | -0.09 | .310 |
| Outcome: Fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in servings/day | |||||
| Home availability of FV | 251 | 0.71 | <.001 | 0.28 | .174 |
| Home availability of unhealthy food | 247 | 0.06 | .749 | 0.10 | .574 |
| Parental FV intake | 251 | 0.85 | <.001 | 0.66 | <.001 |
| Parental encouragement to eat healthy food | 249 | 0.53 | .003 | 0.28 | .155 |
| Family meal frequency | 252 | 0.41 | .023 | 0.08 | .687 |
| Fast food family meal frequency | 252 | 0.10 | .563 | 0.05 | .773 |
Note: Estimates significant at the p < .05 level have been emboldened.
a Models included sociodemographic variables (race/ethnicity, parental education, and age) and school as random effect.
b Models included sociodemographic variables, school, and outcome-specific independent variables.