Table 1 Key sample characteristics by age, gender and ethnicity, presented as n (%)
White British | Black Caribbean | Black African | Indian | Pakistani/Bangladeshi | All | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males (N = 484) | Females (N = 383) | Males (N = 344) | Females (N = 351) | Males (N = 372) | Females (N = 446) | Males (N = 224) | Females (N = 172) | Males (N = 310) | Females (N = 141) | Males (N = 2548) | Females (N = 2135) | |
TDS at 11–13 years [as mean (SD)] | 11.3 (5.0) | 11.1 (5.1) | 10.8 (5.1) | 11.4 (5.2) | 9.6a (4.6) | 11.1 (5.3) | 10.6 (5.8) | 9.4a (4.6) | 10.2a (5.1) | 11.3 (5.4) | 10.6 (5.1) | 11.1 (5.2) |
TDS at 14–16 years [as mean (SD)] | 10.3b (4.6) | 11.4 (4.9) | 9.6a/b (4.6) | 11.0 (4.9) | 9.0a (4.5) | 10.9 (4.9) | 9.7 (5.2) | 9.7a (4.5) | 9.5a (4.5) | 11.0 (5.0) | 9.7b (4.6) | 11.1 (4.9) |
TDS > 17 at 11–13 years | 55 (11.4) | 45 (11.8) | 32 (9.3) | 44 (12.5) | 22 (5.9a) | 52 (11.7) | 30 (13.4) | 11 (6.4) | 26 (8.4) | 17 (12.1) | 246 (9.7) | 252 (11.8) |
TDS > 17 at 14–16 years | 33 (6.8) | 41 (10.7) | 20 (5.8) | 36 (10.3) | 15 (4.0) | 48 (10.8) | 15 (6.7) | 8 (4.7a) | 13 (4.2) | 18 (12.8) | 147 (5.8) | 224 (10.5) |
Fruit and vegetable consumption at 11–13 years | ||||||||||||
≥ 5 portions/day | 166 (34.3) | 118 (30.8) | 98 (28.5) | 96 (27.4) | 90 (24.2a) | 106 (23.8a) | 87 (38.8) | 62 (36.1) | 78 (25.2a) | 39 (27.7) | 801 (31.4) | 632 (29.6) |
1–4 portions/day | 189 (39.1) | 156 (40.7) | 123 (35.8) | 132 (37.6) | 125 (33.6) | 145 (32.5a) | 76 (33.9) | 66 (38.4) | 109 (35.2) | 57 (40.4) | 882 (34.6) | 785 (36.8) |
< 1 portion/day | 87 (18.0) | 84 (21.9) | 58 (16.9) | 96 (27.4) | 89 (23.9a) | 128 (28.7a) | 28 (12.5) | 23 (13.4a) | 79 (25.5a) | 28 (19.9) | 476 (18.7) | 473 (22.2) |
Not stated | 42 (8.7) | 25 (6.5) | 65 (18.9a) | 27 (7.7) | 68 (18.3a) | 67 (15.0a) | 33 (14.7a) | 21 (12.2a) | 44 (14.2a) | 17 (12.1a) | 389 (15.3) | 245 (11.5) |
Fruit and vegetable consumption at 14–16 years | ||||||||||||
≥ 5 portions/day | 178 (36.8) | 151 (39.4) | 93 (27.0a) | 95 (27.1a) | 92 (24.7a) | 105 (23.5a) | 80 (35.7) | 65 (37.8) | 73 (23.6a) | 36 (25.5a) | 778 (30.5) | 693 (32.5) |
1–4 portions/day | 216 (44.6) | 149 (38.9) | 138 (40.1) | 127 (36.2) | 145 (39.0) | 169 (37.9) | 113 (50.5b) | 80 (46.5) | 137 (44.2) | 58 (41.1) | 1100 (43.2) | 823 (38.6) |
< 1 portion/day | 89 (18.4) | 80 (20.9) | 110 (32.0a/b) | 127 (36.2a) | 134 (36.0a/b) | 171 (38.3a/b) | 30 (13.4) | 27 (15.7) | 97 (31.3a) | 47 (33.3a) | 659 (25.9) | 610 (28.6) |
Not stated | 1 (0.2b) | 3 (0.8b) | 3 (0.9b) | 2 (0.6b) | 1 (0.3b) | 1 (0.2b) | 1 (0.4b) | 0a/b | 3 (1.0b) | 0a/b | 11 (0.4) | 9 (0.4) |
Parental care at 11–13 years | ||||||||||||
High | 181 (37.4) | 168 (43.9) | 129 (37.5) | 137 (39.0) | 134 (36.0) | 149 (33.4a) | 92 (41.1) | 67 (39.0) | 121 (39.0) | 54 (38.3) | 977 (38.3) | 805 (37.7) |
Medium | 163 (33.7) | 120 (31.3) | 80 (23.3a) | 85 (24.2) | 91 (24.5a) | 121 (27.1) | 54 (24.1) | 52 (30.2) | 91 (29.4) | 39 (27.7) | 697 (27.4) | 605 (28.3) |
Low | 125 (25.8) | 83 (21.7) | 105 (30.5) | 105 (29.9) | 117 (31.5) | 149 (33.4a) | 66 (29.5) | 49 (28.5) | 88 (28.4) | 44 (31.2) | 722 (28.3) | 612 (28.7) |
Not stated | 15 (3.1) | 12 (3.1) | 30 (8.7a) | 24 (6.8) | 30 (8.1a) | 27 (6.1) | 12 (5.4) | 4 (2.3) | 10 (3.2) | 4 (2.8) | 152 (6.0) | 113 (5.3) |
Parental care at 14–16 years | ||||||||||||
High | 124 (25.6b) | 93 (24.3b) | 81 (23.6b) | 55 (15.7a/b) | 85 (22.8b) | 73 (16.4a/b) | 67 (29.9) | 43 (25.0) | 88 (28.4) | 37 (26.2) | 653 (25.6) | 434 (20.3) |
Medium | 141 (29.1) | 111 (29.0) | 92 (26.7) | 97 (27.6) | 101 (27.2) | 106 (23.8) | 71 (31.7) | 48 (27.9) | 87 (28.1) | 30 (21.3) | 738 (29.0) | 544 (25.5) |
Low | 217 (44.8b) | 175 (45.7b) | 165 (48.0b) | 196 (55.8b) | 177 (47.6b) | 260 (58.3a/b) | 85 (38.0) | 80 (46.5b) | 131 (42.3b) | 73 (51.8b) | 1126 (44.2) | 1134 (53.1) |
Not stated | 2 (0.4b) | 4 (1.0) | 6 (1.7b) | 3 (0.9b) | 9 (2.4b) | 7 (1.6b) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.6) | 4 (1.3) | 1 (0.7) | 31 (1.2) | 23 (1.1) |
Paternal control at 11–13 years | ||||||||||||
Low | 169 (34.9) | 163 (42.6) | 109 (31.7) | 80 (22.8a) | 75 (20.2a) | 86 (19.3a) | 51 (22.8a) | 38 (22.1a) | 55 (17.7a) | 31 (22.0a) | 658 (25.8) | 551 (25.8) |
Medium | 193 (39.9) | 142 (37.1) | 109 (31.7) | 125 (35.6) | 130 (35.0) | 152 (34.1) | 75 (33.5) | 70 (40.7) | 122 (39.4) | 47 (33.3) | 941 (36.9) | 760 (35.6) |
High | 104 (21.5) | 68 (17.8) | 97 (28.2) | 126 (35.9a) | 137 (36.8a) | 178 (39.9a) | 86 (38.4a) | 59 (34.3a) | 123 (39.7a) | 60 (42.6a) | 787 (30.9) | 710 (33.3) |
Not stated | 18 (3.7) | 10 (2.6) | 29 (8.4a) | 20 (5.7) | 30 (8.1) | 30 (6.7) | 12 (5.4) | 5 (2.9) | 10 (3.2) | 3 (2.1) | 162 (6.4) | 114 (5.3) |
Paternal control at 14–16 years | ||||||||||||
Low | 217 (44.8b) | 166 (43.3) | 114 (33.1a) | 91 (25.9a) | 91 (24.5a) | 102 (22.9a) | 65 (29.0a) | 38 (22.1a) | 69 (22.3a) | 30 (21.3a) | 818 (32.1) | 591 (27.7) |
Medium | 170 (35.1) | 113 (29.5) | 117 (34.0) | 109 (31.1) | 138 (37.1) | 128 (28.7) | 78 (34.8) | 56 (32.6) | 122 (39.4) | 43 (30.5) | 915 (35.9) | 658 (30.8) |
High | 95 (19.6) | 99 (25.8) | 106 (30.8a) | 148 (42.2a) | 132 (35.5a) | 208 (46.6a) | 79 (35.3a) | 78 (45.3a) | 115 (37.1a) | 68 (48.2a) | 782 (30.7) | 863 (40.4) |
Not stated | 2 (0.4b) | 5 (1.3) | 7 (2.0b) | 3 (0.9b) | 11 (3.0a/b) | 8 (1.8b) | 2 (0.9) | 0a/b | 4 (1.3) | 0a/b | 33 (1.3) | 23 (1.1) |
Family affluence at 11–13 years | ||||||||||||
High | 306 (63.2) | 243 (63.4) | 169 (49.1a) | 153 (43.6a) | 196 (52.7a) | 232 (52.0a) | 124 (55.4) | 90 (52.3) | 175 (56.5) | 55 (39.0a) | 1382 (54.2) | 1081 (50.6) |
Medium | 114 (23.6) | 93 (24.3) | 98 (28.5) | 123 (35.0a) | 95 (25.5) | 136 (30.5) | 52 (23.2) | 53 (30.8) | 82 (26.5) | 61 (43.3a) | 672 (26.4) | 673 (31.5) |
Low | 21 (4.3) | 16 (4.2) | 15 (4.4) | 21 (6.0) | 11 (3.0) | 12 (2.7) | 5 (2.2) | 3 (1.7) | 10 (3.2) | 5 (3.5) | 101 (4.0) | 88 (4.1) |
Not stated | 43 (8.9) | 31 (8.1) | 62 (18.0a) | 54 (15.4a) | 70 (18.8a) | 66 (14.8a) | 43 (19.2a) | 26 (15.1a) | 43 (13.9a) | 20 (14.2a) | 393 (15.4) | 293 (13.7) |
Family affluence at 14–16 years | ||||||||||||
High | 341 (70.5) | 272 (71.0) | 210 (61.0a/b) | 202 (57.5a/b) | 252 (67.7b) | 281 (63.0b) | 161 (71.9b) | 123 (71.5b) | 228 (73.5b) | 81 (57.4a/b) | 1722 (67.6) | 1347 (63.1) |
Medium | 123 (25.4) | 92 (24.0) | 106 (30.8) | 130 (37.0a) | 99 (26.6) | 149 (33.4a) | 52 (23.2) | 44 (25.6) | 72 (23.2) | 56 (39.7a) | 702 (27.6) | 691 (32.4) |
Low | 10 (2.1) | 6 (1.6) | 12 (3.5) | 12 (3.4) | 5 (1.3) | 3 (0.7) | 3 (1.3) | 0a/b | 3 (1.0) | 0a/b | 45 (1.8) | 36 (1.7) |
Not stated | 10 (2.1b) | 13 (3.4) | 16 (4.7b) | 7 (2.0b) | 16 (4.3b) | 13 (2.9b) | 8 (3.6a) | 5 (2.9b) | 7 (2.3b) | 4 (2.8b) | 79 (3.1) | 61 (2.9) |