Table 2: Adjusted odds ratios of association [1] between categories of family meal patterns and influences and adolescents’ overweight at 14 yearsa.
| Family meal patterns and influences | Categories | Model 1b | Model 2c | Final modeld |
| Attitude toward family meal Frequency of family going out to eat | Very important | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Quite important | 1.28 (1.08,1.51) | 1.28 (1.09, 1.52) | 1.28 (1.07, 1.53) | |
| Not really important | 1.32 (1.03,1.71) | 1.34 (1.04, 1.74) | 1.28 (0.97, 1.68) | |
| Rarely or never/several times a year | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Once-twice a month | 1.13 (0.94,1.34) | 1.13 (0.95, 1.35) | 1.15 (0.96, 1.40) | |
| About once a week | 1.20 (0.94,1.55) | 1.18 (0.92, 1.52) | 1.18 (0.91, 1.54) | |
| Decision to buy food | I decide completely | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| I decide mostly | 1.13 (0.93,1.36) | 1.10 (0.91, 1.33) | 1.19 (0.98, 1.45) | |
| Partner and I equally/ partner | 1.28 (1.04,1.57) | 1.26 (1.03, 1.55) | 1.28 (1.03, 1.58) |
a Logistic regression analysis used to adjust odds of associations for potential influencing factors
b Adjusted for Gender of adolescent and Age of mother
c Adjusted for Gender of adolescent, Age of mother, Attitude toward eating together, Going out to eat, and Decision to buy food
d Adjusted for gender of adolescent, age of mother, BMI of mother, family income, TV watching, sport, fast food, red meat, soft drink, salad, cooked vegetables, cakes/biscuits, attitude toward eating together, going out to eat, and decision to buy food.