Patterns of food parenting practices regarding junk food and sugary drinks among parent-child dyads

Nutrition Journal

Table 3 Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for parent and child characteristics by latent class membership^a

Characteristic	Indifferent Influencers			Negative Influencers			Minimal Influencers			Disagreeing Influencers
Characteristic	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		P
Child age group (Y:O)	0.21	0.13	0.33	1.08	0.71	1.64	0.37	0.23	0.58	0.64	0.40	1.03	< 0.001
Parent sex (male:female)	0.92	0.53	1.59	0.70	0.43	1.16	1.25	0.72	2.18	1.19	0.69	2.07	0.335
Child sex (male:female)	0.71	0.44	1.13	1.15	0.77	1.73	0.60	0.37	0.97	0.78	0.49	1.25	0.109
Parent BMI (OwOb:UwHw)^b	1.46	0.91	2.36	1.08	0.71	1.63	0.93	0.58	1.48	1.40	0.87	2.27	0.246
Child BMI (OwOb:UwHw)^c	0.84	0.50	1.43	1.36	0.87	2.12	0.99	0.58	1.68	1.19	0.71	1.97	0.452
Parent added sugars intake (tsp)	1.04	1.01	1.07	1.05	1.02	1.08	0.99	0.96	1.03	0.99	0.96	1.02	< 0.001
Child added sugars intake (tsp)	0.98	0.94	1.02	1.01	0.98	1.04	0.94	0.90	0.98	1.00	0.96	1.04	0.012
PR JS-LPA (low:high)	25.73	12.02	55.09	2.11	0.87	5.13	17.60	8.17	37.89	0.25	0.04	1.46	< 0.001
CR JS-LPA (low:high)	11.17	6.65	18.78	2.35	1.40	3.95	5.11	2.93	8.91	18.34	10.87	30.94	< 0.001

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, Y younger (12–14 years), O older (15–17 years), BMI body mass index, OwOb overweight/obesity, UwHw underweight/healthy weight, tsp. teaspoon, PR parent-reported, JS-LPA legitimacy of parental authority regarding junk food and sugary drinks, CR child-reported
^aReflects associations between latent class membership and dyad characteristic; Complete Influencers is reference class; second
characteristic in pair is reference characteristic (e.g. males compared to females). Bolded values indicate significant odds ratios
^bOwOb defined as BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²; UwHw defined as BMI < 25 kg/m²
^cOwOb defined as BMI ≥ 85th percentile; UwHw defined as BMI < 85th percentile

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