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Table 4 Association between home-prepared food consumption and DASH accordance. Full adjusted model of the association between home-prepared food consumption and DASH accordance

From: Home-prepared food, dietary quality and socio-demographic factors: a cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet and nutrition survey 2008–16

Explanatory variables

ORa

95% CI

P > |t|

Age group

19–24 (ref.)

  25–49

3.2

1.5–6.9

< 0.01

  50–64

8.2

3.8–17.6

< 0.01

  65+

9.9

4.6–21.3

< 0.01

Sex

Male (ref.)

Female

1.6

1.4–2.0

< 0.01

Ethnicity

White (ref.)

  Mixed ethnicity

1.8

0.6–4.7

0.27

  Black or Black British

1.3

0.7–2.5

0.38

  Asian or Asian British

4.6

2.8–7.4

< 0.01

  Other

1.0

0.5–2.0

0.94

Children living at home

None (ref.)

  Children aged < 16

1.0

0.7–1.3

0.97

  Children aged < 5

0.7

0.5–1.0

0.04

Educational attainment

Degree level (ref.)

  12–13 years of education

0.6

0.5–0.8

< 0.01

  11 years of education and/or vocational course

0.5

0.4–0.7

< 0.01

   < 11 years of education

0.3

0.2–0.4

< 0.01

Equivalised income quintile

5 (Highest) (ref.)

  4

0.9

0.7–1.1

0.24

  3

0.7

0.5–0.9

0.02

  2

0.7

0.5–1.0

0.04

  1 (Lowest)

0.6

0.4–0.9

< 0.01

Occupation

Professional and managerial (ref.)

  Intermediate occupation

0.7

0.5–0.9

< 0.01

  Routine and manual occupation

0.7

0.6–1.0

0.05

Energy from home-prepared food

1.2

1.1–1.3

< 0.01

  1. Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.01)
  2. aMutually adjusted for other socio-demographic variables