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Table 5 Associations between DASH accordance and socio-demographic characteristics

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

Characteristic

n (%)

Relative DASH accordance

Proportion DASH-accordant (%)

ORa

95% CI

P > |t|

Total

6364 (100)

19.8

   

Age group

19–24 (ref.)

645 (10.1)

5.0

   

25–49

2761 (43.4)

16.7

3.2

1.5–6.8

< 0.01

50–64

1547 (24.3)

28.1

8.1

3.9–17.2

< 0.01

 65+

1411 (22.2)

23.3

9.9

4.7–21.0

< 0.01

Sex

Male (ref.)

2640 (41.5)

16.0

   

Female

3724 (58.5)

22.5

1.7

1.4–2.1

< 0.01

Ethnicity

White (ref.)

5907 (92.9)

18.9

   

Mixed ethnicity

58 (0.9)

31.0

1.7

0.6–4.7

0.32

Black or Black British

133 (2.1)

27.1

1.7

0.9–3.2

0.09

Asian or Asian British

177 (2.8)

39.6

5.1

3.2–8.2

< 0.01

Other

82 (1.3)

24.4

1.3

0.6–2.5

0.51

Children living at home

None (ref.)

4392 (69.0)

21.5

   

Children aged < 16

1103 (17.3)

18.4

1.0

0.7–1.3

0.99

Children aged < 5

869 (13.7)

13.2

0.7

0.5–1.0

0.07

Educational attainment

Degree level (ref.)

1461 (25.5)

33.6

   

12–13 years of education

1505 (26.2)

19.3

0.6

0.5–0.8

< 0.01

11 years of education and/or vocational course

1315 (22.9)

15.1

0.5

0.4–0.7

< 0.01

  < 11 years of education

1457 (25.4)

13.0

0.3

0.2–0.4

< 0.01

Equivalised income quintile

5 (Highest) (ref.)

1061 (19.5)

30.0

   

4

1093 (20.1)

24.3

0.9

0.7–1.1

0.32

3

1099 (20.2)

17.8

0.7

0.5–1.0

0.03

2

1067 (19.6)

16.2

0.7

0.5–1.0

0.05

1 (Lowest)

1132 (20.8)

12.8

0.6

0.5–0.9

< 0.01

Occupation

Professional and managerial (ref.)

2468 (40.7)

27.8

   

Intermediate occupation

1911 (31.5)

17.1

0.7

0.6–0.9

< 0.01

Routine and manual occupation

1684 (27.8)

12.0

0.8

0.6–1.0

0.06

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