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Table 4 Bivariate tests of associations between emerging dietary patterns and background characteristics

From: Dietary patterns and associated risk factors among school age children in urban Ghana

 

Energy-dense

 

Starchy roots &vegetable

Cereal-grains & poultry

Fish & seafood

 

Variables

B

SE B

β

B

SE B

β

B

SE B

β

B

SE B

β

Age

−0.074

0.064

−0.052

0.203

0.064

0.143**

−0.094

0.064

−0.067

0.043

0.065

0.030

Sex (female)

0.106

0.091

0.053

0.002

0.090

0.001

0.103

0.091

0.052

−0.114

0.091

−0.057

Private school

0.343

0.095

0.167***

−0.364

0.094

−0.178***

− 0.191

0.096

− 0.093*

0.009

0.096

0.004

Overweight

0.355

0.118

0.136**

−0.251

0.118

−0.096*

− 0.113

0.119

− 0.043

0.081

0.119

0.031

Household SESa

−0.293

0.059

−0.222

0.159

0.059

0.121**

0.090

0.060

0.069

0.014

0.06

0.010

  1. B beta coefficient, β standardized beta coefficient
  2. *p < .05
  3. **p < .01
  4. ***p < .001
  5. afrom rich towards poor SES groups; associations adjusted for age only