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Table 4.

Associations between 20 months of dietary tracking and level of parental education (PE) according to gender in Norwegian 11-year-olds, HEalth In Adolescents (HEIA) cohort study

	Boys (n 466)			Girls (n 419)
		PE high v. PE low†			PE high v. PE low†
Dietary tracking	n	OR‡	95 % CI	n	OR‡	95 % CI
Fruits	443			408
Decrease§	131	1·43	0·72, 2·83	99	0·86	0·45, 1·65
Increase§	108	1·10	0·55, 2·21	92	0·84	0·43, 1·62
Stable low∥	111	0·95	0·47, 1·92	100	0·86	0·44, 1·69
Stable high∥†	93	1·00		117	1·00
Vegetables	428			399
Decrease§	92	0·72	0·30, 1·73	104	0·94	0·42, 2·10
Increase§	100	0·82	0·34, 2·01	83	0·93	0·41, 2·12
Stable low∥	185	0·85	0·38, 1·90	163	1·22	0·59, 2·57
Stable high∥†	51	1·00		49	1·00
Snacks¶	425			391
Decrease§	82	1·35	0·56, 3·27	76	1·00	0·35, 2·82
Increase§	137	0·96	0·43, 2·16	139	0·96	0·37, 2·51
Stable low∥	162	1·36	0·62, 3·00	149	1·04	0·40, 2·75
Stable high∥†	44	1·00		27	1·00
Soft drinks††	403			398
Decrease§	74	1·99	0·83, 4·77	84	1·15	0·44, 3·00
Increase§	102	1·64	0·71, 3·78	101	1·48	0·59, 3·67
Stable low∥	165	3·92**	1·80, 8·53	172	2·64*	1·11, 6·29
Stable high∥†	62	1·00		41	1·00
Squash††	385			372
Decrease§	98	2·02	0·87, 4·69	82	2·37	0·85, 6·62
Increase§	66	2·21	0·85, 5·74	68	1·92	0·67, 5·55
Stable low∥	156	3·00**	1·35, 6·64	184	2·95*	1·13, 7·69
Stable high∥†	65	1·00		38	1·00

*P < 0·05, **P < 0·01.

†Reference group.

‡OR and 95 % CI obtained by multinomial logistic regression.

§Proportion of individuals’ behavioural change as decreased or increased dietary intake from T0 to T2.

∥Proportion of individuals’ unchanged behaviour as stable low or high dietary intake from T0 to T2.

¶Sweet candies and chocolate, salty chips and popcorn snacks.

††Carbonated soft drinks with sugar, non-carbonated squash with sugar.