Table 4.

Multinomial logistic regressions showing associations between weight status of the child and the child reporting more or less health related behaviour than their parent

		Crude analyses, unadjusted		Adjusted for gender, SES and ethnicity, weight status and age of parent
		Reporting less than their parent	Reporting more than their parent	Reporting less than their parent	Reporting more than their parent
	N	OR (95%-CI)	OR (95%-CI)	OR (95%-CI)	OR (95%-CI)
Dietary behaviours
Breakfast consumption	1965	3.2 (1.8–5.7)**	1.1 (0.4– 3.3)	2.6 (1.3- 5.1)*	0.8 (0.3–2.5)
Family dinner	1965	0.9 (0.6–1.4)	0.8 (0.5–1.3)	0.7 (0.5–1.1)	0.6 (0.3–1.1)
Physical activity behaviours
Frequency of outside play	1930	1.7 (1.1–2.5)*	1.0 (0.7–1.4)	1.8 (1.1–2.9)*	1.2 (0.8–1.8)
Duration of outside play	1917	1.0 (0.7–1.4)	0.9 (0.7–1.3)	1.0 (0.7 – 1.4)	0.9 (0.6 – 1.3)
Sedentary behaviours
Frequency of TV/DVD viewing	1930	0.9 (0.6–1.2)	0.8 (0.5–1.2)	1.1 (0.7–1.5)	0.9 (0.6–1.5)
Duration of TV/DVD viewing	1930	1.3 (0.9–1.8)	1.2 (0.8–1.8)	1.2 (0.8–1.7)	1.1 (0.7–1.7)

Abbreviations: SES socioeconomic status, OR odds ratios, CI confidence interval

Healthy-weight children was set as reference group

P-values: * p < 0.05 for difference between healthy-weight children and overweight children; ** p < 0.001 for difference between healthy-weight children and overweight children