Self-reported eating rate is associated with weight status in a Dutch population: a validation study and a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Association between self-reported eating rate (SRER) and BMI within the total population and in men and women separately according to multiple linear regression analysis and linear trend analyses

Independent variables	Model 1^a		Model 2^b		Model 3^c		Model X^d
	Partial regression coefficient	95% CI or P	Partial regression coefficient	95% CI or P	Partial regression coefficient	95% CI or P	Partial regression coefficient	95% CI or P
Total		(n = 1473)		(n = 1473)		(n = 1473)		(n = 554)
SRER-categories
Slow	−0.69	(−1.35, −0.03)	−0.57	(−1.22, 0.08)	−0.48	(−1.11, 0.15)	−0.47	(−1.20, 0.27)
Average	0.00	(reference)	0.00	(reference)	0.00	(reference)	0.00	(reference)
Fast	1.03	(0.59, 1.47)	1.09	(0.66, 1.52)	0.90	(0.48, 1.32)	0.58	(0.05, 1.10)
Linear trend		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001		<0.01
Men		(n = 741)		(n = 741)		(n = 741)		(n = 273)
SRER-categories
Slow	−0.57	(−1.55, 0.41)	−0.56	(−1.51, 0.40)	−0.47	(−1.40, 0.47)	−0.42	(−1.49, 0.65)
Average	0.00	(reference)	0.00	(reference)	0.00	(reference)	0.00	(reference)
Fast	0.40	(−0.14, 0.93)	0.51	(−0.001, 1.03)	0.29	(−0.22, 0.80)	0.28	(−0.38, 0.94)
Linear trend		0.03		<0.01		0.08		0.18
Women		(n = 732)		(n = 732)		(n = 732)		(n = 281)
SRER-categories
Slow	−0.56	(−1.46, 0.34)	−0.44	(−1.34, 0.45)	−0.24	(−1.11, 0.63)	−0.34	(−1.36, 0.67)
Average	0.00	(reference)	0.00	(reference)	0.00	(reference)	0.00	(reference)
Fast	1.40	(0.67, 2.14)	1.51	(0.78, 2.23)	1.13	(0.43, 1.84)	0.71	(−0.15, 1.56)
Linear trend		<0.001		<0.001		<0.01		0.06

^aCrude model
^bCrude model with age, smoking and level of education
^cCrude model with age, smoking, level of education, emotional eating, restrained eating and external eating
^d Crude model with age, smoking, level of education, emotional eating, restrained eating, external eating, energy intake, moderate-to-vigorous activity and sedentary activity (excl. Suspected under reporters of energy intake; i.e., reported energy intake/calculated basal metabolic rate < 1.35)

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