Association of nuts and unhealthy snacks with subclinical atherosclerosis among children and adolescents with overweight and obesity

Table 3 Standardized coefficients of snack consumption with cIMT in children and adolescents

	carotid intima-media thickness
	β	P value
Nuts (serving/wk./1000 kcal)
Model1	−0.106	0.051
Model2	−0.135	0.009
Model3	−0.135	0.009
Energy-dense nutrient-poor solid snacks (serving/wk./1000 kcal)
Model1	−0.057	0.293
Model2	−0.008	0.874
Model3	−0.008	0.882

Model 1 was crude
Model 2 was adjusted for sex, age, energy intake, pubertal status, physical activity
Model 3 was adjusted for model 2 variables plus BMI
Linear regression was used

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