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. 2016 Jun 14;13:68. doi: 10.1186/s12966-016-0393-7

Table 2.

Associations of general family environment with adolescent weight-related behaviours and overweight status among participants in the Growing Up Today Study 2, stratified by sex

Overweight/obese IOTF cut-points males: 90.5 % tile females: 89.3 % tile Disordered eating engaged in vomiting and/or laxatives, and/or fasting and/or binge eating Fast food intake Sugar sweetened beverage intake Screen time Physical activity Sleep duration
≥1 serv/week ≥1 serv/day ≥2 h/day <1 h/day <7 h/day
ORb (95 % CI) ORb (95 % CI) ORb (95 % CI) ORb (95 % CI) ORb (95 % CI) ORb (95 % CI) ORb (95 % CI)
Females (N = 3,768a)
 High Family Functioning 0.73 (0.60,0.88) 0.53 (0.45, 0.63) 0.74 (0.61, 0.89) 0.86 (0.68, 1.08) 1.03 (0.84, 1.24) 0.74 (0.61, 0.89) 0.57 (0.46, 0.70)
 High Mother-Adolescent Relationship Quality 0.75 (0.63, 0.91) 0.64 (0.54, 0.75) 0.81 (0.68, 0.97) 0.89 (0.71, 1.12) 1.09 (0.93, 1.29) 0.84 (0.72, 0.98) 0.64 (0.53, 0.77)
 High Father-Adolescent Relationship Quality 0.79 (0.66, 0.94) 0.61 (0.52, 0.72) 0.80 (0.67, 0.95) 1.10 (0.88, 1.38) 1.04 (0.89, 1.22) 0.81 (0.70, 0.94) 0.69 (0.57, 0.82)
Males (N = 2,614a)
 High Family Functioning 0.92 (0.75,1.14) 0.48 (0.39, 0.60) 1.01 (0.82, 1.24) 0.97 (0.78, 1.19) 0.87 (0.69, 1.09) 0.73 (0.58, 0.92) 0.65 (0.50,0.85)
 High Mother-Adolescent Relationship Quality 1.04 (0.85,1.27) 0.62 (0.51, 0.77) 1.05 (0.86, 1.26) 1.09 (0.90, 1.33) 0.91 (0.75, 1.10 0.78 (0.64, 0.94) 0.63 (0.51,0.79)
 High Father-Adolescent Relationship Quality 0.80 (0.66,0.98) 0.72 (0.58, 0.89) 0.83 (0.69, 1.00) 1.02 (0.84, 1.24) 0.98 (0.82, 1.19) 0.69 (0.57, 0.83) 0.61 (0.49,0.77)

aNumbers differ slightly due to missing data in the outcome measures

bAll odds ratios adjusted for family structure and adolescent age

When 95 % CI does not include 1.0, the estimate and 95 % CI are bolded