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. 2015 Mar 19;2015:534651. doi: 10.1155/2015/534651

Table 3.

Hierarchical multiple regression model predicting children's body weight from parental, behavioural, and cognitive variables.

Predictors BMI percentiles
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
B B B B 95 % CI
Parent education −4.61 −4.00 −3.91 −4.33 [−10.44, 1.77]
Migration background 7.32* 6.68* 6.87* 6.61* [0.26, 12.97]
BMI of mother 1.22*** 1.13*** 1.18*** 1.20*** [0.59, 1.81]
BMI of father 1.15** 1.20** 1.13** 1.11** [0.37, 1.86]
TV consumption −0.58 −1.99 −2.52 −2.53 [−11.70, 6.64]
Physical activity
SSB consumption
1.4
−2.31
1.18
−2.37
0.99
−2.39
0.94
−2.44
[−0.78, 2.65] 
[−6.07, 1.19]
Breakfast habits 4.69 5.05 6.67 6.53 [−2.50, 15.55]
Inhibitory control −1.98* −1.94* −1.94* [−3.65, −0.23]
Cognitive flexibility −0.46** −0.50** [−0.79, −0.20]
Sustained attention 0.15 [−0.18, −0.48]
R 2 0.14 0.16 0.19 0.19
F 5.78*** 5.77*** 6.37*** 5.86***
ΔR 2 0.02 0.03 0.00
ΔF 2 5.01* 10.05** 0.77

Note. N = 297. CI = confidence interval. SSB = sugar-sweetened beverages. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001.