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. 2020 Feb 28;12(3):640. doi: 10.3390/nu12030640

Table 3.

Associations between preferences for snacks and fast food and factors from logistic regression model.

Variables Snacks a Fast Food a
OR 95% CI p-Value p-Trend OR 95% CI p-Value p-Trend
Age 1.24 1.15–1.34 0.00 1.03 0.98–1.08 0.24
Sex
Girls (ref.) - - - - - -
Boys 0.94 0.66–1.35 0.73 0.86 0.69–1.06 0.15
Mother BMI 0.99 0.92–1.05 0.67 0.98 0.94–1.02 0.33
Father BMI 1.02 0.96–1.08 0.58 0.99 0.96–1.03 0.77
Mother Education
Secondary high
school or lower
0.55 0.31–1.00 0.05 0.13 1.26 0.90–1.78 0.18 0.24
High school 0.77 0.44–1.33 0.35 1.29 0.95–1.77 0.11
Bachelor’s or
higher (ref.)
- - - - - -
Father Education
Secondary high school or lower 0.99 0.55–1.80 0.98 0.98 1.07 0.75–1.53 0.69 0.83
High school 1.04 0.62–1.75 0.88 1.10 0.81–1.48 0.55
Bachelor’s or
higher (ref.)
- - - - - -
Mother Smoking (cigarettes/day)
0 (ref.) - - - - - -
≥1 1.31 0.16–11.07 0.80 1.87 0.55–6.32 0.32
Father Smoking (cigarettes/day)
0 (ref.) 0.00 0.05
<5 1.68 1.03–2.75 0.04 0.88 0.69–1.13 0.33
5–10 1.07 0.61–1.86 0.82 0.69 0.49–0.96 0.03
>10 0.49 0.30–0.81 0.01 0.68 0.47–0.98 0.04
Household income (RMB)
<80,000 (ref.) - - - 0.47 - - - 0.05
80,000–150,000 0.79 0.48–1.28 0.34 0.73 0.55–0.96 0.03
>150,000 0.72 0.43–1.22 0.23 0.72 0.53–0.98 0.04
Breastfeeding (months)
0 0.76 0.48–1.22 0.26 0.04 0.92 0.68–1.23 0.56 0.84
< 6 0.55 0.34–0.89 0.02 0.98 0.72–1.32 0.88
≥ 6 (ref.) - - - - - -
Physical activity (minutes/day) 1.01 1.00–1.02 0.04 1.01 1.00–1.01 0.01

a non-preference as reference.