Table 4.
Association of child and parental background variables with pattern scores
| |
|
|
Standardized regression coefficient ( β ) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern 1 | Pattern 2 | Pattern 3 | Pattern 4 | |||
|
Child |
Gender |
(female vs. male) |
−0.04* |
a |
a |
−0.05* |
|
Maternal |
Educational level |
(high vs. medium) |
−0.11*** |
a |
a |
a |
| |
|
(low vs. medium) |
0.14*** |
a |
a |
a |
| |
Work |
(hours per week) |
a |
−0.07** |
−0.20*** |
a |
| |
BMI |
(kg/m²) |
0.07** |
a |
a |
a |
|
Paternal |
Educational level |
(high vs. medium) |
−0.11*** |
−0.05* |
−0.07** |
a |
| |
|
(low vs. medium) |
0.03 |
−0.06* |
0.00 |
a |
| BMI | (kg/m²) | a | 0.06** | a | a | |
Notes: BMI, body mass index. Results of backward regression analyses with pattern scores as dependent variable. All analyses were adjusted for recruitment group (alternative vs. conventional lifestyle).
Variables excluded from all four final models were birth weight and BMI z-score of the child; mother’s country of birth; father’s working hours and country of birth.
Pattern 1: Television–Snacking pattern.
Pattern 2: Sports–Computer pattern.
Pattern 3: Traditional Family pattern.
Pattern 4: ‘Fast’ Food pattern.
a Variable not included in the final model.
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.