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 |
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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.