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Table 4 Factor associated with higher FNL, its domains and dimensions

From: Food and nutrition literacy status and its correlates in Iranian senior high-school students

 

Odds ratio (0.95% confidence interval)a

Total FNL and its domains

Skill dimensions

High total FNL

High knowledge score

High skill score

High functional score

High interactive score

High critical analysis of information score

High advocacy score

High Food label reading score

gender

 boy

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 girl

1.17 (0.76–1.82)

0.78 (0.53–1.13)

1.29 (0.83–2.09)

1.33 (0.86–2.05)

1.19 (0.82–1.72)

1.07 (0.67–1.70)

1.19 (0.81–1.76)

0.45 (0.31–0.67) ***

Major

 Literature and Humanities

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 Natural Sciences

1.411 (0.81–2.43)

1.73 (1.09–2.75)*

1.16 (0.67–2.00)

1.10 (0.63–1.13)

0.92 (0.58–1.44)

0.70 (0.39–1.24)

0.98 (0.60–1.59)

1.33 (0.84–2.10)

 Mathematics

0.80 (0.48–1.34)

1.39 (0.88–2.20)

0.91 (0.53–1.54)

0.82 (0.48–1.40)

0.82 (0.52–1.29)

0.95 (0.53–1.72)

0.87 (0.54–1.61)

1.51 (0.95–1.2.38)

Academic performance

1.02 (0.96–1.10)

1.13 (1.06–1.20)***

0.98 (0.92–1.05)

0.93 (0.87–0.99) *

0.92 (0.87–0.98) *

0.98 (0.91–1.06)

1.02 (0.96–1.08)

1.03 (0.97–1.09)

SES score

1.20 (0.98–1.47)

1.20 (1.01–1.44)*

0.97 (0.79–1.19)

1.07 (0.87–1.31)

1.02 (0.86–1.22)

1.06 (0.85–1.32)

0.85 (0.71–1.02)

0.99 (0.83–1.18)

Nutrition-related disease

 Don’t have

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 Have

1.05 (0.56–1.96)

0.83 (0.49–1.43)

1.14 (0.62–2.09)

0.71 (0.36–1.40)

1.71 (0.99–2.95)

0.67 (0.32–1.38)

1.04 (0.59–1.81)

1.29 (0.75–2.2)

Nutrition-related disease in family

 Don’t have

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 Have

0.86 (0.56–1.96)

1.07 (0.73–1.56)

0.82 (0.53–1.27)

0.98 (0.63–1.52)

1.28 (0.88–1.85)

0.83 (0.52–1.32)

0.96 (0.65–1.41)

1.48 (1.01–1.64) *

BMI for age

1.11 (0.96–1.29)

1.09 (0.96–1.23)

1.07 (0.92–1.23)

1.06 (0.91–1.22)

1.03 (0.911–1.16)

1.03 (0.88–1.20)

1.01 (0.89–1.15)

1.09 (0.96–1.24)

  1. FNL food and nutrition literacy. Nutrition-related disease; suffering from diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular diseases and cancer
  2. aPoor food and nutrition literacy (score < 45) was considered as reference group, adequate and moderate literacy were merged and considered as high FNL
  3. * P < 0.05
  4. *** P < 0.001