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Table 2 Prevalence and adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of selected health-risk behaviors by participation in different models of physical education. Significant differences between groups is given in bold

From: Fun, influence and competence—a mixed methods study of prerequisites for high school students’ participation in physical education

 

“Motion enjoyment”

“Sport enjoyment”

AOR a

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Irregular breakfast

70.3

62.0–78.5

55.3

40.6–70.1

1.73

0.82–3.63

Irregular lunch

68.6

60.2–77.0

59.6

45.0–74.1

1.51

0.72–3.17

Irregular dinner

40.5

31.6–49.4

29.8

16.2–43.4

1.87

0.86–4.09

Irregular evening meal

75.2

67.4–83.0

63.8

49.6–78.1

1.97

0.91–4.28

Irregular meal pattern

(<4 meals per day)

90.9

85.7–96.1

80.9

69.2–92.5

5.40

2.28–12.78

Low fruits and berries

(<7 times a week)

75.2

67.4–83.0

66.7

52.8–80.5

1.65

0.75–3.64

Low vegetables

(<7 times a week)

76.9

69.2–84.5

64.6

50.6–78.6

2.15

0.98–4.70

High regular soft drinks

(≥4 times a week)

32.2

23.8–40.7

27.1

14.0–40.1

1.42

0.63–3.20

High sweet and candy

(≥4 times a week)

26.5

18.5–34.4

18.8

7.3–30.2

1.16

0.48–2.81

High salty snack

(≥4 times a week)

14.9

8.4–21.3

25.0

12.3–37.7

0.47

0.19–1.14

Have been drinking alcohol

64.5

55.8–73.1

63.8

49.6–78.1

1.30

0.60–2.80

Current smokerb

19.0

11.9–26.1

2.1

0.0–6.4

13.22

1.62–107.95

Current snufferb

22.3

14.8–29.8

14.9

4.3–25.5

1.25

0.48–3.28

No active commuting to school

82.6

75.8–89.5

77.1

64.8–89.4

1.68

0.67–4.21

  1. a Adjusted for age, sex and parental education
  2. bSelf-reported smoking/snuffing sometimes or daily