Knowledge, attitude and practice of Lebanese parents towards childhood overweight/obesity: the role of parent-physician communication

Table 3 Multivariable analysis

Model 1: Linear regression taking the global knowledge score as the dependent variable
Variable	Unstandardized Beta	Standardized Beta	p-value	95% Confidence Interval
Parent-physician communication	0.05	0.26	< 0.001	0.03	0.07
Mount Lebanon vs Beirut^a	1.04	0.16	0.001	0.42	1.65
Intermediate vs low^a income	-0.65	-0.11	0.019	-1.20	-0.11
Model 2: Linear regression taking the attitude score as the dependent variable
Variable	Unstandardized Beta	Standardized Beta	p-value	95% Confidence Interval
Knowledge global score	1.25	0.37	< 0.001	0.95	1.55
Parent-physician communication	0.18	0.25	< 0.001	0.11	0.24
University education level vs illiterate/primary/ complementary	2.59	0.14	0.002	0.93	4.25
Model 3: Linear regression taking the practice score as the dependent variable
Variable	Unstandardized Beta	Standardized Beta	p-value	95% Confidence Interval
Attitude global score	0.92	0.66	< 0.001	0.81	1.02
Knowledge global score	0.60	0.13	0.001	0.25	0.94
Mount Lebanon vs Beirut^a	4.50	0.15	< 0.001	2.39	6.62
Bekaa vs Beirut^a	2.29	0.07	0.042	0.09	4.49
Parent-physician communication	0.04	0.04	0.319	0.05	0.82

^aReference group
Variables entered in model 1: Parent-physician communication, Education level, governorate, household monthly income
Variables entered in model 2: Parent-physician communication, Education level, governorate, and global knowledge score
Variables entered in model 3: Parent-physician communication, Education level, governorate, global knowledge score, global attitude score, household monthly income and house crowding index

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