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. 2018 Dec 3;10(12):1875. doi: 10.3390/nu10121875

Table 3.

Risk of nutrient inadequacy (failing to meet the estimated average requirements (EAR) in three or more micronutrients) associated to parental nutrition knowledge and healthy-eating attitudes score in the participants of the SENDO project.

Nutrition Knowledge Score
Low Medium High p
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
N 65 83 47
% intake failing to meet ≥3 EAR 33.33 42.56 24.10
Crude 1 (Ref.) 0.72 0.39, 1.33 0.51 0.26, 1.00 0.051
Multivariable 1 1 (Ref.) 0.84 0.36, 1.98 0.70 0.28, 1.75 0.449
Multivariable 2 1 (Ref.) 0.80 0.34, 1.91 0.63 0.25, 1.60 0.337
Multivariable 3 1 (Ref.) 1.34 0.50, 3.59 1.13 0.40, 3.23 0.961
Multivariable 4 1 1 (Ref.) 1.45 0.54, 3.90 1.19 0.41, 3.48 0.908
Healthy-Eating Attitudes Score
Low Medium High p
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
N 49 77 69
% intake failing to meet ≥3 EAR 25.13 39.49 35.38
Crude 1 (Ref.) 0.92 0.48, 1.79 0.74 0.39, 1.42 0.322
Multivariable 1 1 (Ref.) 0.60 0.25, 1.46 0.35 0.14, 0.88 0.026
Multivariable 2 1 (Ref.) 0.56 0.23, 1.38 0.34 0.14, 0.86 0.027
Multivariable 3 1 (Ref.) 0.63 0.23, 1.69 0.34 0.12, 0.93 0.034
Multivariable 4 2 1 (Ref.) 0.63 0.23, 1.72 0.34 0.12, 0.95 0.037

Ref.: reference. Multivariable 1: adjusted for age and sex. Multivariable 2: additionally adjusted for BMI. Multivariable 3: additionally adjusted for energy intake, KIDMED index and parental education level. Multivariable 4 1: additionally adjusted for physical activity (MET- hour/week) and healthy-eating attitudes. Multivariable 4 2: additionally adjusted for physical activity (MET- hour/week) and nutrition knowledge.