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. 2020 Jun 5;30(6):253–259. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20190015

Table 3. The relationship between parental lifestyle factors and breakfast habits of children.

  Frequency of eating breakfast Person with whom children eat breakfast


Breakfast skipping
n (%)
Univariate
OR (95% CI)
Multivariate
OR (95% CI)
Alone
n (%)
Univariate
OR (95% CI)
Multivariate
OR (95% CI)
Sex            
 Male 43 (5.3) 1.00 1.00 77 (9.5) 1.00 1.00
 Female 61 (7.5) 1.44 (0.97–2.16) 1.54 (1.01–2.34)* 72 (8.8) 0.92 (0.66–1.29) 0.96 (0.68–1.36)
Grade            
 1 14 (5.0) 1.00 1.00 24 (8.6) 1.00 1.00
 2 10 (3.7) 0.72 (0.32–1.66) 0.63 (0.27–1.46) 25 (9.2) 1.08 (0.60–1.93) 1.13 (0.62–2.07)
 3 15 (5.5) 1.10 (0.52–2.34) 0.90 (0.42–1.95) 19 (7.0) 0.80 (0.43–1.49) 0.78 (0.41–1.49)
 4 18 (7.5) 1.53 (0.74–3.14) 1.16 (0.55–2.47) 18 (7.5) 0.86 (0.45–1.62) 0.76 (0.39–1.49)
 5 32 (11.3) 2.41 (1.26–4.63)* 1.82 (0.91–3.63) 25 (8.9) 1.03 (0.57–1.85) 0.96 (0.52–1.80)
 6 15 (5.2) 1.03 (0.49–2.17) 0.75 (0.34–1.64) 38 (13.1) 1.60 (0.93–2.74) 1.35 (0.75–2.42)
Sleeping hours, hours            
 <8 31 (9.1) 3.09 (1.53–6.26)* 2.30 (1.08–4.90)* 43 (12.6) 1.66 (1.01–2.75)* 1.39 (0.80–2.41)
 8–9 62 (6.6) 2.17 (1.13–4.17)* 1.71 (0.86–3.39) 78 (8.3) 1.04 (0.66–1.63) 0.95 (0.59–1.53)
 ≥9 11 (3.1) 1.00 1.00 28 (8.0) 1.00 1.00
Screen time, hours            
 <1 9 (3.5) 1.00 1.00 17 (6.6) 1.00 1.00
 1–2 35 (4.7) 1.37 (0.65–2.89) 1.44 (0.67–3.09) 50 (6.7) 1.02 (0.58–1.81) 0.95 (0.53–1.70)
 ≥2 60 (9.5) 2.90 (1.42–5.94)* 2.75 (1.30–5.82)* 82 (13.0) 2.11 (1.23–3.64)* 1.75 (0.99–3.09)
Physical activity            
 Very often 30 (6.6) 1.00 1.00 41 (9.0) 1.00 1.00
 Often 45 (6.1) 0.93 (0.58–1.50) 0.89 (0.54–1.46) 55 (7.5) 0.82 (0.54–1.25) 0.80 (0.52–1.23)
 Rarely or almost never 29 (6.5) 0.99 (0.58–1.67) 0.77 (0.44–1.34) 53 (11.9) 1.37 (0.89–2.10) 1.14 (0.73–1.79)
Family members            
 Only parent(s) 71 (6.6) 1.13 (0.74–1.72) 1.15 (0.74–1.79) 111 (10.3) 1.58 (1.07–2.31)* 1.64 (1.11–2.43)*
 Not only parent(s) 33 (5.9) 1.00 1.00 38 (6.8) 1.00 1.00
Maternal employment status            
 Employed 95 (6.8) 1.89 (0.94–3.80) 1.58 (0.77–3.23) 125 (9.0) 0.89 (0.56–1.41) 0.92 (0.57–1.48)
 Not employed 9 (3.7) 1.00 1.00 24 (10.0) 1.00 1.00
Family affluence            
 Affluent 73 (6.0) 1.00 1.00 110 (9.0) 1.00 1.00
 Not affluent 31 (7.6) 1.31 (0.84–2.02) 1.12 (0.71–1.76) 39 (9.6) 1.08 (0.73–1.58) 0.92 (0.62–1.37)
Paternal BHPS            
 Good (6–7) 17 (4.8) 1.00 1.00 21 (5.9) 1.00 1.00
 Moderate (4–5) 26 (3.7) 0.76 (0.41–1.41) 0.67 (0.35–1.27) 62 (8.7) 1.52 (0.91–2.54) 1.31 (0.77–2.22)
 Poor (0–3) 61 (10.8) 2.41 (1.39–4.20)* 1.78 (0.97–3.26) 66 (11.7) 2.11 (1.27–3.51)* 1.47 (0.85–2.54)
Maternal BHPS            
 Good (6–7) 22 (4.9) 1.00 1.00 21 (4.7) 1.00 1.00
 Moderate (4–5) 52 (5.8) 1.19 (0.71–1.98) 0.98 (0.57–1.68) 87 (9.7) 2.18 (1.33–3.56)* 1.87 (1.13–3.11)*
 Poor (0–3) 30 (10.2) 2.19 (1.24–3.88)* 1.26 (0.67–2.37) 41 (14.0) 3.28 (1.90–5.69)* 2.42 (1.34–4.35)*

BHPS, Breslow’s seven health practice score; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

In multivariate model, all of the variables were simultaneously entered.

*P < 0.05.