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Table 3 Associations between family environment factors and girls' soft drink and fruit and vegetable intake

From: Familial correlates of adolescent girls' physical activity, television use, dietary intake, weight, and body composition

  

Independent Associationsa

Mutually-adjusted Associationsb

 

n

Estimate

p

Estimate

p

Outcome: Soft drink intake in servings/day

     

Home availability of FV

251

-0.11

.238

-0.09

.347

Home soft drink availability

251

0.41

<.001

0.31

.003

Parental soft drink intake

250

0.44

<.001

0.30

.005

Familial encouragement to eat healthy foods

249

0.03

.706

0.14

.156

Family meal frequency

252

0.05

.546

0.09

.308

Fast food family meal frequency

252

0.02

.782

-0.09

.310

Outcome: Fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in servings/day

     

Home availability of FV

251

0.71

<.001

0.28

.174

Home availability of unhealthy food

247

0.06

.749

0.10

.574

Parental FV intake

251

0.85

<.001

0.66

<.001

Parental encouragement to eat healthy food

249

0.53

.003

0.28

.155

Family meal frequency

252

0.41

.023

0.08

.687

Fast food family meal frequency

252

0.10

.563

0.05

.773

  1. Note: Estimates significant at the p < .05 level have been emboldened.
  2. a Models included sociodemographic variables (race/ethnicity, parental education, and age) and school as random effect.
  3. b Models included sociodemographic variables, school, and outcome-specific independent variables.