Family meal participation is associated with dietary intake among 12-month-olds in Southern Norway

BMC Pediatrics

Table 4 Dose-response association between number of meal categories (0–5) eaten with family often^a and dietary intake (times/day). Crude and adjusted^b regression coefficients (β) with 95% CI. Analyses stratified by randomization status

	Adjusted model confined to the control group (n = 182)		Adjusted model confined to the intervention group (n = 190)
	β	95% CI	β	95% CI
Fruits	0.004	− 0.125, 0.133	0.017	− 0.117, 0.150
Vegetables	0.135	0.001, 0.268	0.169	0.048, 0.289
Fruits and vegetables	0.139	−0.095, 0.372	0.185	−0.018, 0.389
Homemade dinners	0.040	−0.063, 0.142	0.077	0.018, 0.136
Commercial dinners	−0.016	− 0.076, 0.043	− 0.100	− 0.213, 0.012
Homemade baby cereal	− 0.010	− 0.094, 0.074	0.028	− 0.031, 0.086
Commercial baby cereal	− 0.079	− 0.187, 0.029	− 0.284	− 0.389, − 0.179
Drinking water	0.060	− 0.079, 0.198	0.274	0.118, 0.430
Milk	0.074	−0.053, 0.202	0.101	0.006, 0.196
Sweetened beverages	−0.059	−0.190. 0.072	− 0.087	−0.185, 0.011
Desserts and cakes	0.025	−0.008, 0.058	0.034	−0.021, 0.089

^a Family meals ‘often’ defined as 4–7 days per week, and ‘seldom’ as 0–3 days per week
^b Associations adjusted for maternal education and child sex. Significant results are bolded

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