Exposure to a multi-level multi-component childhood obesity prevention community-randomized controlled trial: patterns, determinants, and implications

Table 6 Youths’ correlates of level of exposure to the B’more Healthy Communities for Kids trial

Determinants of exposure to BHCK youth	Bivariate analysis		Final multiple model^a
Determinants of exposure to BHCK youth	Odds ratio (robust SE)	95% CI	Odds ratio (robust SE)	95% CI
Sex (reference: male)	0.74 (0.13)	(0.52; 1.06)	0.80 (0.14)	(0.56; 1.15)
Age (years)	0.77 (0.04)	(0.68; 0.86)*	0.77 (0.05)	(0.69; 0.88)*
Caregiver education level
<High school	Reference
High school	1.30 (0.32)	0.80; 2.11)
>High school	1.37 (0.34)	(0.83; 2.25)
Individuals in the household	0.95 (0.05)	(0.85; 1.05)
Household annual income (US$)
0–10,000	Reference		Reference
10,001–20,000	1.29 (0.31)	(0.79; 2.09)	1.14 (0.29)	(0.69; 1.89)
20,001–30,000	1.66 (0.50)	(0.92; 3.01)	1.38 (0.43)	(0.74; 2.55)
>30,000	1.82 (0.44)	(1.13; 2.94)*	1.52 (0.37)	(0.94; 2.47)
Food assistance participation
SNAP (reference: non-SNAP)	0.77 (0.16)	(0.51; 1.16)
WIC (reference: non-WIC)	1.28 (0.29)	(0.81; 2.01)
Housing arrangement
Living with family^b or other^c	Reference
Rented	1.49 (0.43)	(0.85; 2.63)
Owned	1.85 (0.63)	(0.94; 3.62)

This is an ordered logistic regression on overall BHCK exposure level (quartiles) among youths
BCHK B’more Healthy Communities for Kids, CI confidence interval, SE robust standard error, SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
^aFinal model selected based on goodness of best fit using stepwise backward regression for lowest Akaike information criterion: 1057.2
^bLiving with family who own or rent the house
^cOther included: transitional housing or group house

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