Table 2. Association between the percentage of 3–5 year old children with ECC and per capita sugar consumption, percentage of infants with exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months and percentage of 0–5 years of age children who are overweight by income region and their effect modification (with complete dataset, including UAE per capita sugar consumption).

Variables	Association with the percentage of 3–5 year old children with ECC regression coefficient (95% CI), (partial eta squared)
	LICs	MICs	HICs	Global¶	P value for interaction
Per capita sugar consumption	−0.004 [−2.50 to 2.50], (<0.0001)	0.52 [0.20–0.83]*, (0.13)	0.05 [−0.15 to 0.24], (0.003)	0.18 [−0.01 to 0.37], (0.05)	0.005*
Exclusive breastfeeding	0.26 [−0.14 to 0.66], (0.03)	0.39 [0.07–0.72]*, (0.10)	−0.004 [−0.85 to 0.84], (0.000002)	0.11 [−0.24 to 0.47], (0.008)	0.03*
Overweight in under 0–5 year old children	−0.76 [−5.79 to 4.27], (0.002)	0.33 [−0.64, 1.31], (0.01)	−1.60 [−3.96 to 0.75], (0.04)	0.30 [−0.69 to 1.29], (0.008)	0.26

Notes:

^¶Adjusted for income region.

^*Statistically significant at P < 0.05.

LICs, low-income countries; MICs, middle-income countries; HICs, high-income countries; CI, confidence interval.