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Association between eating dinner alone and being overweight by sex
| Total | Overweight | Crude | Adjusteda | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eating dinner alone | N | n (%) | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
| Boys (n = 470) | ||||||
| None | 401 | 62 (15.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| ≥ 1 /week | 69 | 12 (17.4) | 1.15 | 0.58–2.27 | 0.95 | 0.46–1.95 |
| Girls (n = 410) | ||||||
| None | 366 | 32 (8.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| ≥ 1/week | 44 | 9 (20.5) | 2.68 | 1.19–6.08 | 2.78 | 1.21–6.38 |
OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval
aAdjusted for the propensity score
