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Table 2 Association between sugar consumption and parenting practices and effect modification by child’s gender in rural Egypt (n = 433)

From: Parenting practices and oral health behaviors of children in rural Egypt: gender differences in a household survey

Parenting practices

B (95% CI)

P for interaction

Overall

Sons

Daughters

 

Mother involvement

0.02 (− 0.06, 0.09)

0.04 (− 0.05, 0.13)

0.02 (− 0.06, 0.09)

0.65

Father involvement

0.03 (− 0.04, 0.09)

0.07 (− 0.01, 0.15)

0.02 (− 0.04, 0.08)

0.34

Mother positive parenting

− 0.04 (− 0.18, 0.08)

0.03 (− 0.08, 0.14)

− 0.02 (− 0.14, 0.09)

0.33

Father positive parenting

0.01 (− 0.06, 0.07)

0.03 (− 0.05, 0.11)

− 0.01 (− 0.07, 0.05)

0.73

Mother inconsistent discipline

0.04 (− 0.05, 0.12)

− 0.02 (− 0.11, 0.07)

0.05 (− 0.03, 0.13)

0.29

Father inconsistent discipline

− 0.05 (− 0.12, 0.03)

0.12 (0.03, 0.20)*

− 0.06 (− 0.13, 0.01)

0.004*

Mother poor monitoring

0.08 (− 0.07, 0.23)

− 0.01 (− 0.19, 0.17)

0.07 (− 0.08, 0.21)

0.36

Father poor monitoring

− 0.12 (− 0.31, 0.07)

0.20 (0.01, 0.40)*

− 0.15 (− 0.33, 0.04)

0.02*

Mother corporal punishment

0.07 (− 0.01, 0.14)

− 0.07 (− 0.15, 0.02)

0.05 (− 0.02, 0.12)

0.02*

Father corporal punishment

− 0.02 (− 0.10, 0.06)

0.10 (0.01, 0.18)*

− 0.02 (− 0.10, 0.05)

0.07

  1. Adjusting for village, age, mother’s education, and dental visits
  2. B adjusted regression coefficient, CI confidence interval
  3. *Statistically significant at p < 0.05