Association of waist circumference with blood pressure and familial dietary habits in preschool children: a cross-sectional study in northeastern China

Table 4 The independent factors for ZWC by multivariate stepwise linear regressions

Independent variables	Males		Females
Independent variables	B (95% CI)	P	B (95% CI)	P
Age	0.480 (0.310, 0.650)	< 0.001	0.363 (0.179, 0.546)	< 0.001
Paternal BMI	0.092 (0.047, 0.137)	< 0.001	–	–
Maternal BMI	0.092 (0.040, 0.143)	0.001	0.141 (0.073, 0.209)	< 0.001
Eating wheat and wheat products as their staple food^a	0.756 (0.270, 1.241)	0.002	–	–
Appetite^b	0.556 (0.197, 0.914)	0.002	0.870 (0.496, 1.244)	< 0.001
Eating speed^c	0.571 (0.277, 0.864)	< 0.001	–	–
Parental encouragement to eat a diverse range of foods^d	−0.677 (−1.081, −0.274)	0.001	−0.700 (−1.144, −0.257)	0.002
Snacking while watching TV^e	0.373 (0.026,0.721)	0.035	–	–

BMI body-mass index
^aEating wheat and wheat-based products as their staple food: “yes” versus “no”
^bThe three levels of appetite: poor, average, good, were given the values 1, 2, and 3, respectively
^cThe three eating speeds: slow, average, fast, were given the values of 1, 2 and 3, respectively
^dEncouraging child to eat a diverse range of foods: “yes” versus “no”
^eSnacking while watching TV: “yes” versus “no”

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