Table 5.

Association of the identified dietary patterns with overweight and obesity in the study population (Odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals; n 446)

	Dietary patterns
	Traditional Lebanese		Western
	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Age- and sex-adjusted model
1st tertile	Ref.		Ref.
2nd tertile	1·18	0·70, 1·99	1·19	0·68, 2·07
3rd tertile	1·60	0·92, 2·77	2·12	1·24, 3·63
P trend	<0·05		<0·01
Multivariate model 2*
1st tertile	Ref.		Ref.
2nd tertile	1·25	0·63, 2·49	1·33	0·65, 2·73
3rd tertile	1·41	0·64, 3·13	2·31	1·12, 4·73
P trend	>0·05		<0·01

Ref., referent values.

^*This model is adjusted for age, sex, mother’s education, working status of the mother, parental obesity, smoking status, physical activity level, breakfast frequency per week, snacking frequency per day, frequency of eating while watching television per week, frequency of eating out per week, BMI and total energy intake.