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Table 4 Crude and adjusted odds ratios of eating habit patterns based on eating quickly and eating until full for waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) ≥ 0.5

From: Eating quickly is associated with waist-to-height ratio among Japanese adolescents: a cross-sectional survey

Variables

Total

WHtR ≥ 0.5

Crude

Adjusted

N

n (%)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Boys

 Not eating quickly and

339

29 (8.6)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 not eating until full

      

 Eating quickly and

116

9 (7.8)

0.90 (0.41–1.96)

0.789

0.88 (0.40–1.94)

0.747

 not eating until full

      

 Not eating quickly and

376

26 (6.9)

0.79 (0.46–1.38)

0.412

0.76 (0.44–1.33)

0.335

 eating until full

      

 Eating quickly and

139

28 (20.1)

2.70 (1.54–4.74)

<0.001

2.67 (1.50–4.73)

<0.001

 eating until full

      

Girls

 Not eating quickly and

385

26 (6.8)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 not eating until full

      

 Eating quickly and

56

6 (10.7)

1.66 (0.65–4.22)

0.290

1.60 (0.62–4.14)

0.330

 not eating until full

      

 Not eating quickly and

447

30 (6.7)

0.99 (0.58–1.71)

0.981

1.02 (0.59–1.76)

0.952

 eating until full

      

 Eating quickly and

70

10 (14.3)

2.30 (1.06–5.02)

0.036

2.59 (1.17–5.73)

0.019

 eating until full

      
  1. OR, odds ratio, CI, confidence interval
  2. Adjusted for age, exercise, skipping breakfast, and snack after dinner