Table 3.
Relationship between family functioning and adolescent girls’ BMI and health behavior outcomes
| Outcome: | Family Functioning Score at 5th percentilea |
Family Functioning Score at 95th percentilea |
Standardized Beta** | SE | t-value | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meal Patterns | ||||||
| Family Meals (meals per week) | 2.61 | 5.12 | 0.31 | 0.02 | 12.38 | <0.001 |
| Breakfast Consumption (daily) | 3.31 | 4.75 | 0.18 | 0.03 | 6.78 | <0.001 |
| Dietary Intake | ||||||
| Fruits & Vegetables (servings/per day) | 2.52 | 2.91 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 2.31 | 0.037 |
| Fast Food Intake (times per week) | 3.86 | 3.49 | −0.03 | 0.03 | −0.86 | 0.285 |
| Physical Activity | ||||||
| Moderate-to-vigorous Activity hrs./week) | 4.65 | 5.12 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.17 | 0.207 |
| Sedentary Behavior (hrs./week) | 39.0 | 33.2 | −0.08 | 0.03 | −2.74 | 0.004 |
| Weight | ||||||
| Body Mass Index z-score | 0.79 | 0.62 | −0.06 | 0.03 | −2.33 | 0.020 |
| Percent Overweight (>85th percentile) | 41.4 | 33.2 | −0.05 | 0.01 | −2.01 | 0.044 |
*
All results adjusted for age, race, and socio-economic status
**
Standardized Beta estimates represent the standard deviation increase (or decrease) in the outcome, given one standard deviation increase in family functioning. Small = 0.10–0.29; medium = 0.30–0.49; large = > 0.50.
a
Adjusted mean outcomes at 5th percentile and 95th percentile score for family functioning (i.e. 12 vs. 24)