Table 7.

Results of multivariate analyses of average breakfast intake and body mass index (BMI) stratified by gender and school type, while controlling for confounders (data are mean and SD)

Variable	School type	Boys	Girls	p-value for between subjects effects
Average breakfast intake (day/week)	Public	3.1 ± 2.2 (2.7–3.4)	3.5 ± 2.3 (3.2–3.9)	Gender: 0.414 School type: 0.053 Gender by school type interaction: 0.003
	Private	4.3 ± 2.3 (3.6–5.0)	3.7 ± 2.3 (3.2–4.2)
BMI	Public	21.8 ± 11.6 (20.1–23.5)	18.1 ± 4.5 (17.4–18.8)	Gender: <  0.001 School type: 0.229 Gender by school type interaction: 0.001
	Private	18.9 ± 4.8 (18.8–20.2)	18.2 ± 4.3 (17.2–19.2)

P-values for multivariate tests: child age: < 0.001; father age: 0.881 mother age: 0.006; father education: 0.054; mother education: 0.537; family income: 0.041; housing size: 0.070; gender: < 0.001; school type: 0.070; Gender x school type: < 0.001