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. 2019 Sep 6;16:100438. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100438

Table 3.

Predictors of loss to follow up 3 and 6 months post-intervention.

Variable 3 months post-intervention
6 months post-intervention
B (SE) P-value B (SE) P-value
Age in years −0.034 (0.014) 0.018 −0.027 (0.013) 0.035
Hispanica 0.079 (0.185) 0.669 0.174 (0.174) 0.319
Receiving assistance other than WICa −0.054 (0.198) 0.787 −0.077 (0.186) 0.681
Pregnanta 0.135 (0.222) 0.544 0.306 (0.211) 0.148
Breastfeedinga −0.036 (0.212) 0.864 0.077 (0.198) 0.697
Foreign-borna −0.052 (0.197) 0.792 −0.173 (0.184) 0.348
Marrieda −0.680 (0.240) 0.005 −0.707(0.211) 0.001
Employeda −0.046 (0.179) 0.800 −0.114 (0.168) 0.498
Educational attainmentb 0.002 (0.114) 0.984 −0.193 (0.107) 0.072
Number of children in household aged 2–5 years 0.157 (0.182) 0.388 −0.287 (0.169) 0.089
Number of other adults in household −0.035 (0.081) 0.667 0.053 (0.076) 0.488
Food insecurea −0.263 (0.168) 0.118 −0.239 (0.158) 0.132
Social desirability traitc −0.047 (0.051) 0.353 −0.053 (0.048) 0.270
Frequency of fruit intake (times/day) 0.066 (0.049) 0.173 0.088 (0.048) 0.067
Frequency of vegetable intake (times/day) −0.053(0.057) 0.359 −0.025 (0.053) 0.637
Quantity of fruit intake (cups/day) −0.063 (0.055) 0.250 −0.021 (0.051) 0.684
Quantity of vegetable intake (cups/day) −0.004 (0.082) 0.965 −0.165 (0.080) 0.039
a

Dichotomously coded (0 = no, 1 = yes).

b

coded as follows: 1 = some high school or less, 2 = high school diploma or GED, and 3 = more than high school.

c

Assessed with a short form of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (higher scores indicate a stronger social desirability trait).