Associations between respondent characteristics and obesity-related lifestyle behaviours among children participating in the 2010–2011 National Child Measurement Programme in five Primary Care Trusts in England—results from unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression analyses
| Characteristic | Physical activity | Screen-time exposure | Dietary behaviours | Obesogenic lifestyle* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted† OR (95% CI) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted† OR (95% CI) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted† OR (95% CI) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted† OR (95% CI) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White (ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Asian | 3.0 (2.1 to 4.3) | 2.6 (1.8 to 3.7) | 2.9 (2.1 to 4.0) | 2.6 (1.9 to 3.6) | 1.8 (1.3 to 2.4) | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.4) | 3.2 (2.3 to 4.4) | 3.0 (2.1 to 4.2) |
| Black | 3.9 (3.1 to 4.9) | 3.6 (2.8 to 4.6) | 2.0 (1.6 to 2.4) | 2.0 (1.6 to 2.5) | 2.1 (1.7 to 2.7) | 2.2 (1.8 to 2.7) | 3.3 (2.6 to 4.0) | 3.4 (2.7 to 4.3) |
| Deprivation quintile‡ | ||||||||
| 5 (ref. least deprived) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1.5 (1.2 to 2.0) | 1.3 (1.0 to 1.7) | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.3) | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.3) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.3) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.3) | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.7) |
| 3 | 2.0 (1.5 to 2.5) | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.9) | 1.3 (1.0 to 1.7) | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.3) | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.7) | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) |
| 2 | 2.1 (1.7 to 2.7) | 1.5 (1.1 to 1.9) | 1.5 (1.2 to 1.9) | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.8) | 1.2 (1.0 to 1.6) | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.5) | 1.4 (1.0 to 1.9) | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.9) |
| 1 (most deprived) | 2.3 (1.8 to 3.1) | 1.5 (1.1 to 2.0) | 2.1 (1.6 to 2.7) | 1.9 (1.4 to 2.5) | 1.7 (1.3 to 2.2) | 1.5 (1.1 to 2.0) | 2.0 (1.5 to 2.7) | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.5) |
| School year reception (ref) | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Year 6 | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.0) | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.2) | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.0) | 2.3 (1.9 to 2.7) | 1.4 (1.2 to 1.7) | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.0) | 1.5 (1.2 to 1.8) | 2.0 (1.6 to 2.4) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Girls (ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Boys | 0.8 (0.7 to 0.9) | 0.8 (0.7 to 1.0) | 1.3 (1.1 to 1.5) | 1.4 (1.2 to 1.6) | 1.3 (1.1 to 1.5) | 1.3 (1.1 to 1.5) | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.3) | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.3) |
*Does not achieve ≥1 h of physical activity/day, engages in >2 h of screen-time/day, and has unhealthy dietary behaviours.
†Adjusted for all other characteristics (ethnicity, deprivation, school year and sex).
‡Based on Index for Multiple Deprivation (IMD) score from postcode.