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Table 5 Regression analysis examining the association between nutrient intake (outcome) and length of time in Australia (predictor)

From: Dietary changes in migrant adolescents with increasing length of stay in Australia and associated risk of wheeze – a retrospective, cross sectional study

Nutrient intake

Unadjusted β-coefficient (n = 144)

95 % CI

P

β-coefficient adjusted for age and sex (n = 144)

95 % CI

P

Antioxidants

      

 Carotene (ug)

67.6

16.0 – 119.2

0.011

77.8

19.5 – 136.0

0.009

 Retinol equivalents (ug)

12.5

−0.4 – 25.5

0.058

15.4

0.9 – 29.9

0.037

 Vitamin C (mg)

0.2

−2.9 – 3.2

0.909

−0.6

−4.03 – 2.7

0.706

Dietary fat

      

 Total fat (g)

−0.6

−1.7 – 0.6

0.318

−0.6

−1.9 – 0.6

0.325

 %Saturated fata

0.1

0.1 – 0.2

0.002

0.1

0.02 – 0.2

0.021

 %Monounsaturated fata

0.01

−0.1 – 0.1

0.733

0.01

−0.1 – 0.1

0.752

 %Polyunsaturated fata

0.01

−0.02 – 0.03

0.664

0.003

−0.03 – 0.04

0.874

Other

      

 Fibre (g)

−0.3

−0.6 – −0.1

0.013

−0.3

−0.6 – −0.1

0.021

  1. aExpressed as a percentage of total energy intake