Table 3.

Association between mental health symptoms and eating attitudes Maryland WIC participants (n = 711)

Maternal mental health symptoms	High emotional eating				High restrained eating
	Crude†		Adjusted‡		Crude†		Adjusted‡
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Depression	3.79*	2.63–5.45	3.93*	2.71–5.69	1.59*	1.13– 2.26	1.59*	1.12–2.25
Anxiety	1.96*	1.58–2.42	1.97*	1.47–2.65	1.25	0.93–1.68	1.25	0.93–1.67
Stress	1.99*	1.49–2.66	2.09*	1.67– 2.61	1.18	0.96–1.45	1.18	0.96–1.45
Cumulative high mental health	3.32*	2.28–4.84	3.51*	2.38–5.16	1.34	0.91– 21.97	1.37	0.93–2.02

^† Univariate logistic regression.

^‡ Multivariate logistic regression, adjusted for race/ethnicity and marital status.

^* P < 0.05.