Table 2.

Adjusted associations between parent-reported communication quality and child obesity status, parent obesity status, and child race/ethnicity

	Explain Well			Listen Carefully			Show Respect			Enough Time
	OR	95% CI	p- value	OR	95%CI	p- value	OR	95% CI	p- value	OR	95% CI	p- value
Child Obesity Status
Not obese	Ref	--	--	Ref	--	--	Ref	--	--	Ref	--	--
Obese	1.10	(0.88,1. 39)	0.395	1.41	(1.14,1. 74)	0.002	1.09	(0.87,1. 35)	0.438	1.33	(1.04,1. 69)	0.022
Parent Obesity Status
Not obese	Ref	--	--	Ref	--	--	Ref	--	--	Ref	--	--
Obese	1.02	(0.79,1. 31)	0.888	0.93	(0.74,1. 18)	0.568	0.92	(0.72,1. 17)	0.509	0.97	(0.77,1. 27)	0.916
Child race/ethnicity
NH White	Ref	--	--	Ref	--	--	Ref	--	--	Ref	--	--
NH Black	0.92	(0.70,1. 23)	0.582	1.00	(0.76,1. 31)	0.993	1.08	(0.80,1. 47)	0.607	1.00	(0.75,1. 31)	0.973
Hispanic	0.93	(0.66,1. 30)	0.651	0.95	(0.72,1. 25)	0.701	0.99	(0.70,1. 40)	0.940	0.87	(0.63,1. 20)	0.384
NH Asian	0.68	(0.36,1. 26)	0.215	0.66	(0.39,1. 13)	0.131	0.58	(0.33,1. 03)	0.061	0.65	(0.38,1. 11)	0.112
NH Other	0.84	(0.51,1.37)	0.477	1.13	(0.62,2. 07)	0.683	0.85	(0.51,1. 43)	0.551	0.83	(0.47,1. 46)	0.516

Notes:

Bold text indicates significance at p<0.05.

ORs calculated using multivariate logistic regression. Model controls for child variables (age, sex, race/ethnicity, insurance coverage, # of visits to the doctor in past year, health status, geographic region), parent variables (educational attainment, race/ethnicity, obesity status, house hold income, US born, and language spoken at home), and survey year. Full results for all covariates are available in Appendix Table A1

Estimates calculated using survey weights.

Child Obese: at or above 95th percentile among children of the same age and sex. Child non-obese: less than 95th percentile among children of the same age and sex.

Parent Obese: BMI ≥ 30 kg/m². Parent non-obese: BMI < 30 kg/m²

Other race includes: Pacific Islander, American Indian, Aleut, Eskimo.