Early Life Cognitive Abilities and Body Weight: Cross-Sectional Study of the Association of Inhibitory Control, Cognitive Flexibility, and Sustained Attention with BMI Percentiles in Primary School Children
Table 3
Hierarchical multiple regression model predicting children’s body weight from parental, behavioural, and cognitive variables.
Predictors
BMI percentiles
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
B
B
B
B
95 % CI
Parent education
−4.61
−4.00
−3.91
−4.33
−10.44, 1.77
Migration background
7.32
6.68
6.87
6.61
0.26, 12.97
BMI of mother
1.22
1.13
1.18
1.20
0.59, 1.81
BMI of father
1.15
1.20
1.13
1.11
0.37, 1.86
TV consumption
−0.58
−1.99
−2.52
−2.53
−11.70, 6.64
Physical activity SSB consumption
1.4 −2.31
1.18 −2.37
0.99 −2.39
0.94 −2.44
−0.78, 2.65 −6.07, 1.19
Breakfast habits
4.69
5.05
6.67
6.53
−2.50, 15.55
Inhibitory control
−1.98
−1.94
−1.94
−3.65, −0.23
Cognitive flexibility
−0.46
−0.50
−0.79, −0.20
Sustained attention
0.15
−0.18, −0.48
0.14
0.16
0.19
0.19
5.78
5.77
6.37
5.86
0.02
0.03
0.00
5.01
10.05
0.77
Note. N = 297. CI = confidence interval. SSB = sugar-sweetened beverages. ; ; .
