International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 4 Logistic regression predicting whether parental PC use predicts any PC use by child

From: Cross-sectional associations between the screen-time of parents and young children: differences by parent and child gender and day of the week

	All children		Sons		Daughters
Weekday	N	OR [95% CI]	N	OR [95% CI]	N	OR [95% CI]	P for heterogeneity^a
Fathers: Model 1^b	485	2.2 [1.5 to 3.3]	265	1.7 [1.0 to 2.8]	220	3.0 [1.6 to 5.6]	0.157
Fathers: Model 2^c	485	2.2 [1.5 to 3.3]	265	1.7 [1.0 to 2.7]	220	3.1 [1.7 to 5.7]	0.130
Mothers: Model 1	781	1.7 [1.3 to 2.4]	400	1.7 [1.1 to 2.6]	381	1.8 [1.1 to 2.9]	0.852
Mothers: Model 2	781	1.7 [1.2 to 2.4]	400	1.7 [1.1 to 2.6]	381	1.8 [1.1 to 2.8]	0.853
Weekend
Fathers: Model 1	483	1.8 [1.1 to 2.9]	264	1.1 [0.59 to 1.9]	219	3.4 [1.5 to 7.4]	0.029
Fathers: Model 2	483	1.8 [1.1 to 2.9]	264	1.0 [0.57 to 1.9]	219	3.5 [1.6 to 7.7]	0.027
Mothers: Model 1	782	0.78 [0.43 to 1.4]	400	0.57 [0.23 to 1.4]	382	1.0 [0.48 to 2.2]	0.317
Mothers: Model 2	782	0.77 [0.44 to 1.4]	400	0.56 [0.22 to 1.4]	382	0.98 [0.47 to 2.0]	0.339

^aTesting that associations are different in daughters and by sons; tested by adding an interaction term (parent exposure variable*child gender) into the regression model.
^bModel 1: Unadjusted association.
^cModel 2: Adjusted for child’s BMI-z score parent’s age, parent’s BMI, and household IMD.

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