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Table 4 Relationship between nutritional status and dietary practices

From: Dietary practices and nutritional status of children served in a social program for surrogate mothers in Colombia

Variables

RP

(IC95%)

p

Weight/height (Underweight for height)

 Soda Consumption (%)

   

  No consumption

1

reference

-

  1–4 times/week

14.3

(1.72—40.3)

0.014*

 Consumption of industrialized juices (%)

  No consumption

1

reference

-

  1–4 times/week

14.3

(1.72—40.3)

0.014*

Height/age (Low height for age)

 Watching TV when eating (%)

  No

1

reference

-

  Sometimes

2.82

(1.32—4.69)

0.005*

  Yes

1.45

(0.80—2.61)

0.213

 Feeding standards (%)

  No

1

reference

-

  Yes

0.5

(0.27—0.97)

0.003*

 Consumption of sweet snacks (%)

 No consumption

1

reference

-

 1–4 times/week

2.24

(1.03—4.87)

0.042*

  1. PR Prevalence radius
  2. *p < 0.05, statistically significant by Poisson regression with robust variance