Table 4. Correlation between the nutritional knowledge and attitude of mothers and children’s food preferences (n=576).

Variables	Mother’s Nutritional Knowledge			Mother’s Nutritional Attitude
	Weak 222 (38.5%)	Medium 285 (49.5%)	Good 69 (12%)	Weak 202 (35%)	Medium 198 (34.4%)	Good 176 (30.6%)
Proteins	B	-	-0.037	0.074	-	0.027	0.164
	SE	-	0.044	0.067	-	0.047	0.049
	P*	-	0.405	0.269	-	0.561	0.001
Breads and cereals	B	-	0.017	0.046	-	0.050	0.084
	SE	-	0.041	0.062	-	0.044	0.046
	P*	-	0.679	0.457	-	0.259	0.070
Nuts	B	-	-0.061	-0.098	-	-0.004	0.106
	SE	-	0.060	0.091	-	0.065	0.067
	P*	-	0.312	0.283	-	0.954	0.115
Beans	B	-	-0.024	0.054	-	0.025	0.221
	SE	-	0.062	0.094	-	0.066	0.069
	P*	-	0.692	0.567	-	0.705	0.001
Dairy	B	-	0.024	0.091	-	0.052	0.077
	SE	-	0.066	0.100	-	0.071	0.074
	P*	-	0.718	0.365	-	0.463	0.304
Oils	B	-	-0.005	0.038	-	0.036	0.085
	SE	-	0.076	0.116	-	0.083	0.086
	P*	-	0.951	0.746	-	0.666	0.324
Drinks	B	-	-0.011	-0.191	-	0.014	-0.011
	SE	-	0.056	0.085	-	0.061	0.064
	P*	-	0.840	0.026	-	0.815	0.861
Vegetables	B	-	-0.028	-0.039	-	0.036	0.063
	SE	-	0.053	0.081	-	0.058	0.060
	P*	-	0.595	0.633	-	0.532	0.293
Fruits	B	-	-0.054	-0.056	-	0.119	0.200
	SE	-	0.051	0.077	-	0.054	0.057
	P*	-	0.286	0.463	-	0.028	<0.001
Condiments and snacks	B	-	0.009	0.057	-	0.036	0.114
	SE	-	0.042	0.063	-	0.045	0.047
	P*	-	0.822	0.371	-	0.427	0.015

*Findings were obtained using GLM by modifying mother’s age, education level