Table 3 Associations between child KIDMED index and data-driven dietary patterns with child weight-related outcomes, within all six cohorts.

From: Dietary patterns among European children and their association with adiposity-related outcomes: a multi-country study

 

zBMI (n = 1481)

Fat mass proportion (n = 1222)

Waist-to-height ratio (n = 1231)

 

High

Average

Low

High

Average

Low

High

Average

Low

 

β (95%CI)

KIDMED dietary pattern

Ref.

0.03

(−0.14; 0.21)

−0.06

(−0.33; 0.21)

Ref.

0.54

(−0.53; 1.61)

1.37

(−0.29; 3.04)

Ref.

0.00

(−0.00; 0.01)

0.00

(−0.01; 0.01)

“Meat pattern”

Ref.

0.03

(−0.13; 0.18)

−0.02

(−0.18; 0.14)

Ref.

0.53

(−0.43; 1.50)

0.58

(−0.39; 1.57)

Ref.

0.00

(−0.00; 0.01)

0.00

(−0.00; 0.01)

“Dairy pattern”

Ref.

−0.00

(−0.16; 0.15)

−0.18

(−0.34; −0.02)

Ref.

−0.47

(−1.43; 0.49)

−1.27

(−2.27; −0.27)

Ref.

0.00

(−0.00; 0.01)

−0.00

(−0.01; 0.00)

“Western pattern”

−0.10

(−0.26; 0.07)

−0.04

(−0.21; 0.12)

Ref.

−0.21

(−1.24; 0.81)

0.04

(−0.96; 1.04)

Ref.

−0.00

(−0.01; 0.00)

−0.00

(−0.01; 0.01)

Ref.

“Healthy pattern”

Ref.

0.20

(0.04; 0.35)

0.12

(−0.04; 0.29)

Ref.

1.44

(0.48; 2.39)

1.10

(0.09; 2.12)

Ref.

0.01

(0.00; 0.01)

0.01

(0.01; 0.02)

“Sweets and fats pattern”

−0.07

(−0.24; 0.11)

−0.01

(−0.18; 0.15)

Ref.

−0.07

(−1.15; 1.00)

−0.00

(−1.01; 1.00)

Ref.

−0.00

(−0.01; 0.01)

0.00

(−0.00; 0.01)

Ref.

  1. All models are adjusted for cohort, child age, sex, sedentary behavior, family affluence score, maternal age, smoking during pregnancy, and education. Statistically significant values are highlighted in bold type (p < 0.05).
  2. CI confidence intervals, zBMI body mass index z-score, Ref. reference category.
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