Research Article
Snacking Behaviour and Its Determinants among College-Going Students in Coastal South India
Table 5
Determinants of poor snacking behaviour among the study participants based on random-effect logistic regression analysis (
).
| | Characteristics | Poor snacking behaviour (), number (%) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
| | Gender | Female () | 242 (53.4) | — | — | | Male () | 228 (55.3) | 1.12 (0.84–1.49) | 1.07 (0.79–1.45) |
| | Age group (years) | <20 () | 343 (51.7) | — | — | | ≥20 () | 127 (63.2) | 1.58 (1.09–2.27) | 1.54 (1.05–2.27) |
| | Subject/stream | Computer applications and science () | 057 (39.0) | — | — | | Nonscience () | 413 (57.4) | 1.87 (1.27–2.75) | 1.51 (1.01–2.25) |
| | School management | Government () | 277 (56.5) | 1.09 (0.21–5.74) | 1.16 (0.29–4.62) | | Private () | 193 (51.5) | — | — |
| | Predominant diet | Vegetarian () | 188 (48.2) | — | — | | Nonvegetarian () | 282 (59.4) | 1.73 (1.30–2.31) | 1.74 (1.29–2.35) |
| | Usual tendency to skip any meal | Yes () | 324 (69.8) | 3.12 (2.27–4.16) | 2.94 (2.17–4.00) | | No () | 146 (36.4) | — | — |
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value significant at 0.05 cutoff level; ; deviance = 74.32. |
