Free sugar intake and associated factors among Sri Lankan preschool children

BMC Nutrition

Table 3 An analysis of multiple logistic regression models relating total free sugar intake to the factors associated with it dependent variable: Total free sugar intake

	Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients Beta	t	Sig. (p)	95% Confidence Interval for B
	B	Std. Error	Standardized Coefficients Beta	t	Sig. (p)	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
(Constant)	69.27	15.979		4.335	< 0.001	37.8	100.658
1. Ethnicity	17.27	6.882	0.09	2.51	0.012	3.7	30.8
Sinhala Other ethnic groups*
2. Maternal education level	−9.82	4.792	−0.08	−2.04	0.041	−19.2	−0.4
Up to GCE O/L bellow Up to GCE A/L* above
3. School-going siblings	10.39	4.754	0.08	2.18	0.029	1.1	19.7
No Yes
4. Eating while returning from preschool	38.46	5.245	0.28	7.33	< 0.001	28.2	48.7
No Yes
5. Eating while watching TV	47.47	7.269	0.25	6.53	< 0.001	33.2	61.7
No Yes
6. Dental clinic attendance	−19.2	5.093	−0.14	−3.78	< 0.001	−29.3	−9.3
No Yes

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