Table 2.

Adjusted Associations between Parenting Stress and Dietary Behaviors (N = 291 Mother-Child Dyads)

Child weight-related behaviors	Exposure	Odds ratio (95% CI)		Corrected p-valuea
Linear Models
Vegetables	Parental Distress	0.98 (0.96–1.00)		0.022
	Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction	0.98 (0.97–1.00)		0.029
	Difficult Child	0.98 (0.96–0.99)		0.022
	Total Stress	0.99 (0.99–1.00)		0.022
Desserts	Parental Distress	0.99 (0.98–1.01)		0.874
	Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction	1.00 (0.98–1.01)		0.874
	Difficult Child	1.00 (0.99–1.02)		0.874
	Total Stress	1.00 (1.00–1.01)		0.874
French fries/chips	Parental Distress	1.01 (0.99–1.03)		0.280
	Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction	1.01 (0.99–1.03)		0.283
	Difficult Child	1.01 (0.99–1.03)		0.265
	Total Stress	1.00 (1.00–1.01)		0.280

Nonlinear Models		Levels (based on apex of curve)
Fast food	Parental Distress	≤25	1.06 (1.02–1.11)	0.032
		>25	0.95 (0.91,0.99)
	Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction	≤25	1.06 (1.01–1.11)	0.032
		>25	0.94 (0.88–0.99)
	Difficult Child	≤25	1.06 (1.02–1.11)	0.009
		>25	0.94 (0.90–0.99)
	Total Stress	≤55	1.03 (1.01–1.05)	0.009
		>55	0.99 (0.97–1.00)

Bolded p values are the ones which are statistically significant (p < .05).

Adjusted for maternal BMI, child age, maternal education, maternal race, financial security; Logistic regression used, estimates are odds ratios.

^a p Values are corrected for multiple testing within each outcome by using the False Discovery Rate.

CI, confidence interval.