Sports nutrition knowledge and perceptions among professional basketball athletes and coaches in Lebanon-a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Association between NK Status and SDF, NTREdX and FSNTR, as Assessed by Multiple Logistic Regression^a

Independent Variables	β	S.E.	P-value^b	OR	95% C.I. for EXP (B)		R square
Independent Variables			P-value^b	OR	Lower	Upper
Model 1							0.033-0.053
Age	0.021	0.047	0.67	1.021	0.932	1.119
Sex	0.887	0.414	0.03	2.427	1.077	5.467
Model 2							0.148-0.233
Age	0.043	0.054	0.43	1.044	0.939	1.160
Gender	0.306	0.484	0.53	1.357	0.526	3.503
Nutrition Courses Taken^c	0.855	0.428	0.05	2.351	1.016	5.443
Consultation with a Nutritionist	0.340	0.461	0.46	1.405	0.569	3.469
Nutritionist spoken to team	0.544	0.511	0.29	1.723	0.633	4.690
Education on Banned supplements	1.348	0.433	0.00	3.851	1.647	9.005
Model 3							0.162-0.256
Age	0.041	0.057	0.47	1.042	0.932	1.165
Gender	-0.284	0.634	0.65	0.753	0.217	2.605
Nutrition Courses Taken	0.750	0.449	0.10	2.117	0.877	5.109
Consultation with a Nutritionist	0.384	0.474	0.42	1.468	0.580	3.715
Nutritionist spoken to team	0.493	0.524	0.35	1.638	0.587	4.573
Education on Banned supplements	1.237	0.466	0.01	3.447	1.382	8.599
Learning about nutrition is not important for athletes ^d
Agree	0.628	0.635	0.32	1.874	0.540	6.499
Neutral	0.423	0.829	0.61	1.527	0.301	7.744
Nutrition counseling is important only to change weight ^d
Agree	0.718	0.627	0.25	2.051	0.600	7.010
Neutral	0.198	0.580	0.73	1.219	0.391	3.798

^a Dependent Variable: NK Status; NK Nutrition knowledge, SDF Socio-demographic factors, NTREdX Nutrition education experience, FSNTR Feelings towards Sports Nutrition Statements and impact of Dietitian/Nutritionist on Diet and Performance Statements
^b P-value: < 0.05 = statistical significance
^c P-value= 0.046
^d Reference group: Learning about nutrition is not important for athletes/ Nutrition counseling is important for change: Disagree

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