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Table 3 Subgroup analyses of the percentage of energy from saturated fat (primary outcome) by trial group

From: Prominent positioning and food swaps are effective interventions to reduce the saturated fat content of the shopping basket in an experimental online supermarket: a randomized controlled trial

 

% energy from saturated fat (mean ± SD, n)

Between group mean difference (95% CI)

Control

Swaps

Altering order

Combined

Altering order vs Swaps

Combined vs Swaps

Combined vs Altering order

Sex

Female

25.58 ± 5.62, 172

24.3 ± 6.08, 183

21.26 ± 6.12, 179

21.11 ± 6.09, 174

− 3.04 (− 4.66 to − 1.42)

−3.19 (− 4.82 to − 1.55)

− 0.14 (− 1.78 to 1.5)

Male

25.81 ± 5.69, 103

22.54 ± 5.81, 96

19.59 ± 6.55, 80

18.72 ± 6.91, 96

− 2.95 (− 5.39 to − 0.51)

− 3.82 (− 6.14 to − 1.5)

− 0.87 (− 3.31 to 1.57)

Age, years

Median and above

25.74 ± 5.89, 142

22.9 ± 6.56, 144

21.54 ± 6.35, 134

21.03 ± 6.51, 131

− 1.36 (− 3.32 to 0.59)

−1.87 (− 3.84 to 0.1)

− 0.51 (− 2.51 to 1.5)

Below median

25.59 ± 5.37, 133

24.54 ± 5.32, 135

19.81 ± 6.15, 127

19.56 ± 6.34, 142

−4.73 (− 6.58 to − 2.88)

−4.98 (− 6.78 to − 3.18)

−0.25 (− 2.08 to 1.58)

Ethnic group

White

25.66 ± 5.73, 240

23.77 ± 5.88, 256

20.8 ± 6.29, 241

20.22 ± 6.43, 244

− 2.96 (− 4.37 to − 1.56)

−3.55 (− 4.95 to − 2.15)

−0.59 (− 2.01 to 0.84)

Non-White

25.74 ± 4.97, 35

22.94 ± 7.85, 22

19.44 ± 6.57, 19

20.65 ± 6.81, 28

−3.5 (− 8.78 to 1.78)

−2.29 (− 7.09 to 2.51)

1.21 (− 3.8 to 6.22)

BMI, kg/m2

  < 30

25.86 ± 5.31, 199

23.72 ± 6.14, 195

20.11 ± 6.35, 170

20.64 ± 6.51, 200

−3.61 (− 5.26 to − 1.97)

−3.08 (− 4.66 to − 1.5)

0.53 (− 1.11 to 2.17)

  ≥ 30

25.44 ± 6.14, 73

23.61 ± 5.86, 83

22.12 ± 6.04, 86

19.39 ± 6.14, 69

−1.5 (− 3.9 to 0.9)

− 4.22 (− 6.76 to − 1.68)

− 2.72 (− 5.24 to − 0.2)

Education

None/Secondary

25.09 ± 5.83, 68

23.52 ± 6.49, 103

20.07 ± 5.87, 99

19.89 ± 6.69, 79

−3.46 (− 5.73 to − 1.19)

−3.63 (− 6.04 to − 1.22)

−0.17 (− 2.6 to 2.26)

Higher

25.86 ± 5.57, 207

23.79 ± 5.79, 175

21.1 ± 6.55, 161

20.41 ± 6.38, 193

−2.7 (− 4.4 to − 0.99)

−3.38 (− 5.01 to − 1.75)

− 0.69 (− 2.35 to 0.98)

Household income

Low-middle (£25-39 k)

25.42 ± 5.57, 191

23.21 ± 6.28, 188

20.36 ± 6.29, 181

19.81 ± 6.3, 177

− 2.85 (− 4.49 to − 1.21)

− 3.4 (− 5.05 to − 1.76)

− 0.55 (− 2.22 to 1.11)

Higher (£40 k+)

26.2 ± 5.79, 75

24.86 ± 5.38, 84

21.67 ± 6.25, 70

21.6 ± 6.54, 86

− 3.2 (− 5.71 to − 0.69)

−3.26 (− 5.64 to − 0.88)

−0.07 (− 2.56 to 2.43)