Table 4.

Multivariate regression coefficients (β coefficient and 95% confidence intervals) for the association of parental nutrition knowledge and healthy-eating attitudes score with children’s score in the KIDMED test.

Nutrition Knowledge Score
KIDMED	Low	Medium			High
		β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p
Crude	0 (Ref.)	0.01	−0.29, 0.31	0.964	0.24	−0.09, 0.57	0.154
Multivariable 1	0 (Ref.)	0.02	−0.28, 0.32	0.903	0.27	−0.07, 0.60	0.119
Multivariable 2	0 (Ref.)	0.02	−0.28, 0.32	0.897	0.28	−0.06, 0.62	0.110
Multivariable 3	0 (Ref.)	−0.01	−0.31, 0.30	0.971	0.23	−0.12, 0.57	0.195
Multivariable 4 1	0 (Ref.)	−0.01	−0.31, 0.30	0.969	0.18	−0.16, 0.53	0.293
Healthy-Eating Attitudes Score
KIDMED	Low	Medium			High
		β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p
Crude	0 (Ref.)	0.15	−0.17, 0.48	0.355	0.35	0.03, 0.68	0.034
Multivariable 1	0 (Ref.)	0.15	−0.18, 0.47	0.381	0.35	0.01, 0.68	0.041
Multivariable 2	0 (Ref.)	0.15	−0.18, 0.48	0.379	0.35	0.01, 0.68	0.041
Multivariable 3	0 (Ref.)	0.15	−0.18, 0.48	0.369	0.36	0.03, 0.69	0.033
Multivariable 4 2	0 (Ref.)	0.15	−0.18, 0.48	0.361	0.34	0.01, 0.67	0.045

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.