Table 3.
Crude and adjusted odds ratios of eating speed or eating until full for being overweight.
| Variables | Total N |
Overweight n (%) |
Crude | Adjusted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | |||
| Among boys | ||||||
| Eating speed | ||||||
| Fast | 404 | 109 (27.0) | 2.79 (2.07–3.76) | <0.001 | 2.65 (1.87–3.75) | <0.001 |
| Medium | 915 | 107 (11.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Slow | 267 | 15 (5.6) | 0.45 (0.26–0.79) | 0.005 | 0.51 (0.27–0.94) | 0.031 |
| Eating until full | ||||||
| Yes | 877 | 136 (15.5) | 1.19 (0.89–1.57) | 0.237 | 1.15 (0.83–1.60) | 0.394 |
| No | 709 | 95 (13.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Among girls | ||||||
| Eating speed | ||||||
| Fast | 193 | 33 (17.1) | 1.55 (1.02–2.37) | 0.041 | 1.73 (1.05–2.85) | 0.033 |
| Medium | 964 | 113 (11.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Slow | 385 | 33 (8.6) | 0.71 (0.47–1.06) | 0.094 | 0.74 (0.45–1.20) | 0.218 |
| Eating until full | ||||||
| Yes | 817 | 91 (11.1) | 0.91 (0.66–1.24) | 0.541 | 0.84 (0.58–1.22) | 0.353 |
| No | 725 | 88 (12.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Adjusted for birth weight, parents' obesity, exercise, and skipping breakfast.