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. 2022 Aug 22;56:79. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056003822

Table 3. Regular consumption of ultra-processed food by children at 24 months of age and associated factors. Pelotas Birth Cohort-RS, 2015.

  Crude Adjusteda


RR p 95%CI RR p 95%CI
Sex   0.686     0.919  
  Men 0.99   0.97–1.03 1.00   0.97–1.03
  Women ref     ref    
Maternal skin color   < 0.001     < 0.001  
  White ref     ref    
  Black 1.26   1.21–1.30 1.12   1.08–1.16
  Brown 1.21   1.16–1.26 1.07   1.03–1.12
Household income   < 0.001     < 0.001  
  Q1 (poorer) 1.67   1.59–1.75 1.19   1.12–1.26
  Q2 1.54   1.47–1.62 1.17   1.11–1.23
  Q3 1.44   1.37–1.51 1.16   1.10–1.22
  Q4 1.34   1.27–1.40 1.15   1.09–1.21
  Q5 (richer) ref     ref    
Maternal schooling level (years of schooling)   < 0.001     < 0.001  
  0–4 1.83   1.74–1.92 1.59   1.50–1.69
  5–8 1.69   1.62–1.75 1.47   1.40–1.54
  9–11 1.44   1.39–1.50 1.31   1.26–1.37
  ≥ 12 ref     ref    
Maternal age (years old)   < 0.001     < 0.001  
  < 20 1.54   1.46–1.62 1.23   1.17–1.30
  20–34 1.22   1.16–1.27 1.14   1.09–1.19
  ≥ 35 ref     ref    
The child attends nursery   < 0.001     0.429  
  No 1.16   1.12–1.20 0.99   0.95–1.02
  Yes ref     ref    
The child has siblings   < 0.001     < 0.001  
  No ref     ref    
  Yes 1.11   1.08–1.14 1.10   1.06–1.13
Breastfeeding status until the child is 12 months of age   0.242     0.104  
  Partial breastfeeding ref     ref    
  Weaned 1.02   0.99–1.05 1.02   1.00–1.06

RR: relative risk; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval.

a Adjustment by hierarchical level: level 1: sex, maternal skin color, household income, maternal schooling level, and maternal age; level 2: the child attends nursery and the child has siblings; level 3: breastfeeding status until the child is 12 months of age.