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Table 3 Subgroup analysis of the associations between adolescents’ dietary knowledge score and BMI and overweight/obesity: CHNS (2004–2015)

From: Influence of adolescents’ and parental dietary knowledge on adolescents’ body mass index (BMI), overweight/obesity in 2004–2015: a longitudinal study

Variables

BMI as a categorical variable

 

BMI as a continuous variable

P for interaction

Adolescents’ dietary knowledge score ((OR (95%CI))

P for interaction

Adolescents’ dietary knowledge score (β (95%CI))

Low

Medium

High

 

Low

Medium

High

Sex

   

0.42

   

0.83

Boys

1.00

0.69 (0.41–1.15)

0.50 (0.29–0.87)

 

0.00

-0.12 (-0.57–0.31)

-0.02(-0.40–0.44)

 

Girls

1.00

0.65 (0.33–1.30)

0.77 (0.40–1.49)

 

0.00

0.06(-0.50–0.37)

-0.05 (-0.47–0.36)

 

Residence

   

0.45

   

0.20

Rural

1.00

0.66 (0.40–1.11)

0.72 (0.43–1.23)

 

0.00

0.08 (-0.30–0.45)

0.14 (-0.22–0.50)

 

Urban

1.00

0.64 (0.32–1.28)

0.42 (0.20–0.87)

 

0.00

-0.60 (-1.14–-0.06)

-0.45 (-0.98–0.07)

 

Family income

   

0.56

   

0.20

Low

1.00

0.82 (0.26–2.60)

1.38 (0.42–4.51)

 

0.00

0.61 (0.01–1.21)

0.62 (0.03–1.23)

 

Medium

1.00

0.42 (0.20–0.90)

0.35 (0.16–0.76)

 

0.00

-0.31 (-0.76–0.15)

-0.20 (-0.63–0.22)

 

High

1.00

0.84 (0.48–1.48)

0.68 (0.38–1.21)

 

0.00

-0.02 (-0.58–0.56)

-0.19 (-0.73–0.35)

 

Adolescents’ education

   

0.46

   

0.04*

Low

1.00

0.22 (0.07–0.69)

0.18 (0.06–0.58)

 

0.00

-0.26 (-1.19–0.66)

0.00 (-0.86–0.85)

 

Medium

1.00

0.90 (0.53–1.54)

0.90 (0.52–1.55)

 

0.00

0.09 (-0.30–0.48)

0.10 (-0.27–0.48)

 

High

1.00

0.58 (0.23–1.44)

0.38 (0.15–0.98)

 

0.00

-0.81 (-1.56–--0.05)

-1.05 (-1.78–-0.33)

 
  1. Results in bold are statistically significant (P < 0.05)
  2. a Adjusted for adolescents’ age and sex, residence, per capita annual family income, physical activity level, adolescents’ education and parental education, parental hypertension and diabetes and parental overweight/obesity status
  3. * P < 0.05