Table 5.

Dose-response association between number of meal categories (0–5) eaten with family often^a and dietary intake (times/day). Crude and adjusted^b regression coefficients (β) with 95% CI. Analyses stratified by maternal education^c

	Adjusted model confined to lower maternal educationc (n = 91)		Adjusted model confined to higher maternal educationc (n = 281)
	β	95% CI	β	95% CI
Fruits	0.074	−0.108, 0.255	− 0.018	− 0.127, 0.090
Vegetables	0.137	−0.034, 0.309	0.141	0.034, 0.247
Fruits and vegetables	0.211	−0.088, 0.510	0.123	−0.060, 0.305
Homemade dinners	0.075	−0.004, 0.154	0.045	−0.030, 0.120
Commercial dinners	−0.094	− 0.227, 0.039	− 0.049	−0.123, 0.025
Homemade baby cereal	− 0.037	− 0.025, 0.099	− 0.002	− 0.067, 0.064
Commercial baby cereal	−0.194	− 0.338, − 0.049	−0.178	− 0.268, − 0.088
Drinking water	0.158	− 0.061, 0.376	0.177	0.056, 0.298
Milk	0.130	−0.050, 0.311	0.064	−0.024, 0.152
Sweetened beverages	−0.200	−0.334, − 0.064	−0.028	− 0.127, 0.071
Desserts and cakes	0.054	−0.046, 0.154	0.023	−0.003, 0.049

^a Family meals ‘often’ defined as 4–7 days per week, and ‘seldom’ as 0–3 days per week

^b Associations adjusted for randomization status and child sex

^c Higher education defined as university education of ≥4 years and lower education as < 4 years of university education