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Published in final edited form as: Int J Public Health. 2009 Sep;54(Suppl 2):180–190. doi: 10.1007/s00038-009-5409-5

Table 3.

Associations of daily breakfast consumption with health-related behaviours: Adjusted OR (95 %CI).

smokers Alcohol misuse (been drunk ≥ 2 times) Physical activity (≥ 5 days 60 minutes) Television viewing (> 2 hours) daily fruit consumption daily vegetables consumption daily soft drinks consumption on a diet
Non-European countries
 Canada 0.38 (0.31–0.47) 0.46 (0.39–0.54) 1.20 (1.07–1.35) 0.76 (0.67–0.85) 1.68 (1.49–1.89) 1.65 (1.47–1.86) 0.56 (0.47–0.66) 0.67 (0.57–0.79)
 Israel 0.76 (0.60–0.97) 0.81 (0.62–1.05) 1.57 (1.37–1.80) 0.78 (0.68–0.90) 1.63 (1.49–1.79) 1.50 (1.33–1.70) 1.19 (1.05–1.35) 0.73 (0.61–0.88)
 United States 0.49 (0.37–0.65) 0.70 (0.54–0.92) 1.33 (1.16–1.53) 0.69 (0.60–0.79) 1.49 (1.30–1.71) 1.61 (1.40–1.85) 0.72 (0.63–0.84) 0.65 (0.55–0.77)
Central European countries
 Austria 0.49 (0.41–0.59) 0.43 (0.35–0.53) 1.08 (0.95–1.22) 0.64 (0.56–0.72) 1.26 (1.10–1.43) 1.20 (1.02–1.42) 0.69 (0.59–0.81) 0.62 (0.53–0.74)
 Belgium-Fl. 0.49 (0.40–0.61) 0.51 (0.41–0.62) 1.50 (1.30–1.74) 0.62 (0.54–0.71) 1.55 (1.34–1.79) 1.70 (1.48–1.95) 0.71 (0.62–0.81) 0.74 (0.60–0.91)
 Belgium-Fr. 0.45 (0.35–0.57) 0.69 (0.56–0.85) 1.44 (1.25–1.65) 0.65 (0.56–0.74) 1.32 (1.16–1.51) 1.39 (1.21–1.60) 0.70 (0.61–0.81) 0.71 (0.59–0.85)
 France 0.56 (0.48–0.66) 0.58 (0.49–0.69) 1.19 (1.06–1.33) 0.66 (0.60–0.73) 1.33 (1.19–1.49) 1.46 (1.31–1.62) 0.66 (0.59–0.74) 0.65 (0.55–0.76)
 Germany 0.48 (0.41–0.56) 0.5 (0.43–0.59) 1.08 (0.97–1.20) 0.70 (0.63–0.78) 1.27 (1.14–1.42) 1.23 (1.09–1.39) 0.72 (0.63–0.81) 0.57 (0.49–0.67)
 Luxembourg 0.51 (0.41–0.63) 0.54 (0.42–0.69) 1.15 (0.99–1.32) 0.75 (0.65–0.86) 1.15 (1.00–1.33) 1.24 (1.07–1.43) 0.67 (0.57–0.78) 0.52 (0.43–0.63)
 Netherlands 0.37 (0.29–0.46) 0.45 (0.36–0.57) 1.39 (1.20–1.61) 0.84 (0.71–0.98) 1.41 (1.20–1.66) 1.51 (1.30–1.76) 0.72 (0.62–0.84) 0.72 (0.56–0.94)
 Switzerland 0.50 (0.40–0.63) 0.51 (0.40–0.65) 1.29 (1.11–1.49) 0.61 (0.53–0.70) 1.28 (1.13–1.46) 1.39 (1.22–1.58) 0.67 (0.58–0.77) 0.56 (0.46–0.68)
Southern European Countries
 Croatia 0.61 (0.51–0.74) 0.61 (0.52–0.72) 1.41 (1.25–1.59) 0.88 (0.77–1.00) 1.50 (1.33–1.70) 1.27 (1.11–1.45) 0.93 (0.82–1.05) 0.56 (0.46–0.68)
 Greece 0.71 (0.53–0.93) 0.78 (0.60–1.02) 1.54 (1.33–1.79) 0.83 (0.71–0.97) 1.58 (1.36–1.84) 1.52 (1.31–1.77) 0.74 (0.60–0.91) 0.87 (0.71–1.05)
 Italy 0.59 (0.47–0.73) 0.89 (0.69–1.14) 0.95 (0.82–1.11) 0.84 (0.73–0.97) 1.30 (1.13–1.51) 1.45 (1.23–1.72) 0.88 (0.75–1.04) 0.60 (0.49–0.72)
 Macedonia 0.72 (0.56–0.91) 1.01 (0.80–1.26) 1.35 (1.19–1.53) 1.18 (1.04–1.34) 1.28 (1.13–1.45) 1.41 (1.24–1.60) 1.12 (0.98–1.27) 0.48 (0.39–0.58)
 Malta° 0.78 (0.53–1.14) 0.41 (0.22–0.74) 1.61 (1.24–2.08) 0.85 (0.73–0.99) 1.56 (1.21–1.99) 1.48 (1.05–2.11) 0.76 (0.59–0.98) 0.77 (0.57–1.04)
 Portugal 0.61 (0.48–0.77) 0.78 (0.62–0.98) 1.14 (0.96–1.36) 0.83 (0.70–0.99) 1.65 (1.41–1.93) 1.69 (1.41–2.04) 0.78 (0.66–0.92) 0.63 (0.50–0.80)
 Slovenia 0.54 (0.42–0.68) 0.64 (0.53–0.77) 1.40 (1.23–1.58) 0.72 (0.63–0.81) 1.14 (1.01–1.29) 1.36 (1.18–1.56) 0.87 (0.76–1.01) 0.67 (0.55–0.80)
 Spain 0.51 (0.44–0.59) 0.56 (0.48–0.66) 1.21 (1.09–1.33) 0.73 (0.66–0.80) 1.37 (1.24–1.51) 1.20 (1.06–1.36) 0.65 (0.58–0.72) 0.48 (0.42–0.56)
 Turkey NA NA 1.15 (1.02–1.30) 0.87 (0.77–0.98) 1.36 (1.20–1.54) 1.61 (1.40–1.84) 0.75 (0.64–0.87) 0.46 (0.35–0.61)
Eastern European countries
 Bulgaria 0.66 (0.55–0.78) 0.70 (0.60–0.82) 1.04 (0.91–1.19) 1.04 (0.90–1.21) 1.28 (1.11–1.46) 1.27 (1.11–1.45) 1.19 (1.05–1.35) 0.45 (0.37–0.54)
 Czech Rep. 0.55 (0.46–0.66) 0.61 (0.51–0.73) 1.23 (1.09–1.39) 0.83 (0.74–0.94) 1.29 (1.14–1.46) 1.32 (1.16–1.51) 0.81 (0.71–0.92) 0.69 (0.59–0.82)
 Hungary 0.63 (0.50–0.78) 0.56 (0.45–0.69) 1.26 (1.09–1.47) 0.77 (0.67–0.89) 1.47 (1.27–1.71) 1.80 (1.52–2.14) 0.89 (0.76–1.04) 0.78 (0.65–0.94)
 Poland 0.56 (0.47–0.67) 0.58 (0.50–0.68) 1.18 (1.05–1.33) 0.79 (0.70–0.89) 1.17 (1.04–1.33) 1.48 (1.30–1.69) 0.66 (0.58–0.75) 0.52 (0.44–0.60)
 Romania 0.74 (0.58–0.95) 0.82 (0.67–0.99) 1.35 (1.17–1.55) 0.89 (0.77–1.03) 1.41 (1.24–1.61) 1.53 (1.33–1.76) 0.84 (0.74–0.96) 0.69 (0.55–0.85)
 Russian Fed. 0.76 (0.67–0.86) 0.71 (0.63–0.80) 1.23 (1.11–1.36) 0.92 (0.83–1.01) 1.15 (1.04–1.27) 1.39 (1.26–1.54) 0.91 (0.82–1.01) 0.63 (0.55–0.72)
 Slovakia° 0.58 (0.47–0.72) 0.59 (0.48–0.72) 1.19 (0.99–1.30) 0.85 (0.73–0.99) 1.12 (0.97–1.29) 1.34 (1.15–1.57) 0.79 (0.69–0.91) 0.60 (0.48–0.75)
 Ukraine 0.84 (0.71–0.99) 0.96 (0.82–1.13) 1.29 (1.14–1.46) 0.88 (0.76–1.01) 1.22 (1.06–1.39) 1.35 (1.20–1.53) 0.96 (0.84–1.09) 0.61 (0.50–0.73)
Northern European countries
 Denmark 0.40 (0.33–0.48) 0.44 (0.37–0.52) 1.20 (1.06–1.36) 0.72 (0.63–0.82) 1.20 (1.06–1.37) 1.48 (1.30–1.69) 0.44 (0.36–0.54) 0.67 (0.58–0.78)
 England 0.42 (0.34–0.52) 0.44 (0.37–0.52) 1.30 (1.14–1.48) 0.74 (0.65–0.84) 1.59 (1.39–1.81) 1.72 (1.51–1.97) 0.61 (0.52–0.71) 0.50 (0.42–0.60)
 Estonia 0.66 (0.55–0.78) 0.70 (0.59–0.82) 1.52 (1.34–1.74) 1.04 (0.91–1.19) 1.12 (0.97–1.28) 1.35 (1.16–1.58) 0.77 (0.63–0.95) 0.65 (0.51–0.82)
 Finland 0.41 (0.34–0.49) 0.43 (0.36–0.51) 1.34 (1.18–1.52) 0.72 (0.64–0.81) 1.28 (1.11–1.47) 1.63 (1.42–1.88) 0.48 (0.37–0.63) 0.77 (0.63–0.93)
 Greenland 0.63 (0.44–0.90) 0.76 (0.51–1.14) 1.45 (1.10–1.92) 0.99 (0.71–1.39) 0.89 (0.60–1.33) 1.10 (0.83–1.47) 0.57 (0.42–0.78) 0.91 (0.64–1.31)
 Iceland 0.32 (0.26–0.40) 0.40 (0.33–0.48) 1.60 (1.47–1.75) 0.71 (0.65–0.77) 1.43 (1.30–1.57) 1.66 (1.50–1.84) 0.45 (0.39–0.52) 0.62 (0.55–0.68)
 Ireland 0.41 (0.33–0.50) 0.44 (0.36–0.53) 1.31 (1.14–1.50) 0.73 (0.64–0.83) 1.63 (1.42–1.88) 1.06 (0.93–1.21) 0.52 (0.45–0.61) 0.50 (0.41–0.61)
 Latvia 0.60 (0.51–0.72) 0.62 (0.52–0.73) 1.19 (1.04–1.36) 0.89 (0.78–1.03) 0.98 (0.83–1.14) 1.24 (1.06–1.45) 0.89 (0.73–1.08) 0.64 (0.52–0.78)
Lithuania 0.72 (0.61–0.85) 0.69 (0.60–0.80) 1.20 (1.07–1.34) 0.90 (0.80–1.02) 1.05 (0.92–1.20) 1.28 (1.12–1.46) 0.76 (0.65–0.88) 0.45 (0.38–0.54)
 Norway 0.34 (0.27–0.43) 0.43 (0.34–0.53) 1.40 (1.22–1.61) 0.69 (0.60–0.79) 1.48 (1.30–1.70) 1.54 (1.33–1.79) 0.41 (0.34–0.50) 0.52 (0.43–0.62)
 Scotland 0.46 (0.38–0.56) 0.53 (0.46–0.61) 1.26 (1.13–1.41) 0.82 (0.74–0.92) 1.89 (1.69–2.13) 1.76 (1.57–1.98) 0.54 (0.48–0.62) 0.65 (0.56–0.75)
 Sweden 0.28 (0.21–0.38) 0.37 (0.30–0.47) 1.28 (1.10–1.48) 0.75 (0.65–0.86) 1.43 (1.22–1.67) 1.39 (1.19–1.61) 0.37 (0.28–0.48) 0.44 (0.35–0.56)
 Wales 0.46 (0.37–0.57) 0.52 (0.45–0.61) 1.38 (1.21–1.58) 0.88 (0.77–1.01) 1.58 (1.38–1.82) 1.66 (1.44–1.91) 0.61 (0.53–0.70) 0.70 (0.59–0.82)
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no school variable was available, as a consequence the clustering in schools was not taken into account; NA = not available all analyses controlled for gender, age, family affluence and family structure bold = significant OR