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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 27.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2014 Sep 20;84:120–127. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.08.015

Table 3.

Regression analysis summary of predictors of restriction and monitoring in caregivers of persistently obese adolescents (n = 47).

B SE B β 95% Confidence interval (B)
Restriction
 Step One
  Female caregiver age 0.06 0.02 0.40** 0.02,0.11
  Female caregiver BMI −0.03 0.02 −0.26 −0.07, 0.01
  Female caregiver Racea 0.42 0.39 0.18 −0.36, 1.20
  Adolescent age −0.21 0.12 −0.22 −0.49, 0.07
  Adolescent sexa −0.23 0.32 −0.10 −0.88, 0.42
  Family SES 0.00 0.01 0.06 −0.02, 0.02
 Step Two
  Female caregiver perceived self-weight 0.34 0.30 0.21 −0.26, 0.94
 Step Three
  Concern for youth weight 0.93 0.13 0.71*** 0.66, 1.19
Monitoring
 Step One
  Female caregiver age 0.04 0.02 0.29 −0.00, 0.08
  Female caregiver BMI −0.03 0.02 −0.29 −0.07, 0.01
  Female caregiver racea 0.05 0.36 −0.02 −0.78, 0.69
  Adolescent age −0.22 0.13 −0.27 −0.48, 0.05
  Adolescent sexa −0.25 0.30 −0.20 −0.86, 0.36
  Family SES −0.01 0.01 −0.20 −0.03, 0.01
 Step Two
  Female caregiver perceived self-weight 0.50 0.28 0.35 −0.06, 1.05
 Step Three
  Concern for youth weight 0.68 0.15 0.60*** 0.37, 0.98

R2 = 0.31 for Restriction Step 1 (p < .05); ΔR2 = 0.02 for Restriction Step 2 (p < .05); ΔR2 = 0.64 for Restriction Step 3 (p < .001).

R2 = 0.17 for Monitoring Step 1 (p > .05); ΔR2 = 0.06 for Monitoring Step 2 (p > .05); ΔR2 = 0.39 for Monitoring Step 3 (p < .001).

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001.

a

Sex (female = 1, male = 0) and race (Black = 1, White = 0) are categorical variables.