Table 4.
Relationship between family functioning and adolescent boys’ 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) | 2.87 | 5.13 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 8.98 | <0.001 |
| Breakfast Consumption (daily) | 3.95 | 4.94 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 3.70 | 0.002 |
| Dietary Intake | ||||||
| Fruits & Vegetables (servings/per day) | 2.54 | 2.85 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.38 | 0.178 |
| Fast Food Intake (times per week) | 4.37 | 3.00 | −0.09 | 0.03 | −3.27 | <0.001 |
| Physical Activity | ||||||
| Moderate-to-vigorous Activity hrs./week) | 5.81 | 7.60 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 3.71 | <.0.001 |
| Sedentary Behavior (hrs./week) | 50.0 | 40.3 | −0.10 | 0.03 | −3.38 | 0.001 |
| Weight | ||||||
| Body Mass Index (BMI) z-score | 0.76 | 0.65 | −0.03 | 0.03 | −0.91 | 0.357 |
| Percent Overweight (>85th percentile) | 46.0 | 38.0 | −0.09 | 0.05 | −1.75 | 0.080 |
*
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)