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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2020 Feb 26;124(2):217–224. doi: 10.1017/S0007114520000628

Table 3. Multiple regression analysis of the maternal influences associated with child’s dietary patterns at 6 years (n=1142).

Characteristics Adjusted coefficient (β) (95% CI) P Adjusted coefficient (β) (95% CI) P Adjusted coefficient (β) (95% CI) P
Healthy Traditional Junk
Early-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) -0.03 (-0.04 to -0.02) <0.001 0.01 (-0.001 to 0.02) 0.071 0.01 (-0.003 to 0.02)
0.140
Ethnicity
White Reference 0.002 Reference <0.001 Reference    0.002
Asian -0.10 (-0.36 to 0.15) 0.14 (-0.10 to 0.37) 0.002 (-0.23 to 0.23)
Indian 0.32 (0.04 to 0.61) -0.05 (-0.31 to 0.21) 0.28 (0.03 to 0.54)
Maori -0.32 (-0.61 to -0.02) 0.22 (-0.05 to 0.48) 0.12 (-0.14 to 0.38)
Other 0.64 (0.21 to 1.07) 0.60 (0.20 to 0.99) 0.47 (0.08 to 0.85)
Pacific Islander -0.21 (-0.73 to 0.30) 0.79 (0.32 to 1.26) 0.70 (0.24 to 1.16)
Cigarette smoking in first trimester 0.10 (-0.08 to 0.27) 0.274 0.01 (-0.15 to 0.17) 0.942 0.25 (0.09 to 0.41)    0.002
Multivitamin use pre-pregnancy 0.13 (0.02 to 0.24) 0.016 -0.09 (-0.19 to 0.01) 0.064 -0.01 (-0.10 to 0.08)    0.833
Breastfeeding 0.10 (-0.02 to 0.22) 0.098 -0.02 (-0.13 to 0.08) 0.688 0.01 (-0.10 to 0.11)    0.920
Socio-economic status
High -0.02 (-0.13 to 0.10) 0.311 -0.21 (-0.31 to -0.10) <0.001 0.02 (-0.08 to 0.12)    0.290
Medium Reference Reference Reference
Low -0.12 (-0.28 to 0.04) 0.09 (-0.05 to 0.24) 0.11 (-0.03 to 0.26)
Education (years) 0.12 (0.04 to 0.20) 0.002 -0.04 (-0.11 to 0.03) 0.225 -0.09 (-0.16 to -0.02)    0.010
Age (years) 0.01 (-0.01 to 0.02) 0.363 -0.02 (-0.03 to -0.01) <0.001 0.004 (-0.01 to 0.01)    0.496

All of the maternal characteristics have been adjusted for each other in the multivariate analysis.