Does the presence of cardiovascular disease risk factors or established disease influence the dietary intake of affected adults and their children residing in the same household? A secondary analysis of the Australian Health Survey (2011–2013)

Table 4 Characteristics of children participants according to their living environment, i.e. those from household with adults known to have cardiovascular disease (CVD) or risk factor vs. those without, in the National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey, 2011–12

Characteristics	Children living in CVD households (n = 1609)	Other children (n = 1109)	p-value
Characteristics	n (weighted %, 95% CI)	n (weighted %, 95% CI)	p-value
Gender
Boy	833 (53.0%, 51.4%–54.7%)	540 (48.8%, 46.3%–51.3%)	=0.045
Girl	776 (47.0%, 45.3%–48.7%)	569 (51.2%, 48.8%–53.7%)	=0.045
Age (Years)
2–3	261 (11.8%, 10.1%–13.6%)	203 (13.7%, 11.7%–15.9%)	=0.189
4–8	461 (29.4%, 26.4%–32.7%)	328 (32.4%, 28.5%–36.5%)
9–13	495 (36.1%, 32.7%–39.7%)	292 (30.9%, 27.1%–35.0%)
14–17	392 (22.7%, 20.3%–25.3%)	286 (23.1%, 20.5%–25.9%)

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