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Table 2 Comparison of individual characteristics of participants who rebalanced their meat and legume consumptions and those who reduced their meat consumption but who did not increase their legume consumption (multivariable logistic regression, NutriNet-Santé 2009–2018, n = 22,567)

From: Rebalancing meat and legume consumption: change-inducing food choice motives and associated individual characteristics in non-vegetarian adults

 

Rebalance in meat and legumes (n = 13,620)

Meat reduction and no legume increase (n = 8947)

 

Rebalance in meat and legumes vs. Meat reduction and no legume increase

n

%

n

%

p

OR

95% CI

p

Sex

    

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

 Men

2742

20.1

2396

26.8

 

REF

REF

 

 Women

10,878

79.9

6551

73.2

 

1.392

[1.3; 1.49]

 

Age

    

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

 [18–30[

530

3.9

295

3.3

 

REF

REF

 

 [30–50[

4286

31.5

2425

27.1

 

0.97

[0.83; 1.14]

 

 [50–65[

4921

36.1

3093

34.6

 

0.98

[0.83; 1.16]

 

 [65 + [

3883

28.5

3134

35.0

 

0.842

[0.71; 1]

 

Monthly household income classes

    

0.0032

  

0.0084

  < 1200 €

1790

13.1

1246

13.9

 

REF

REF

 

 1200–1800 €

2663

19.6

1782

19.9

 

1.08

[0.98; 1.19]

 

 1800–2700 €

3156

23.2

2095

23.4

 

1.091

[0.99; 1.2]

 

  > 2700 €

4736

34.8

2906

32.5

 

1.131

[1.03; 1.24]

 

 Refused to declare

1275

9.4

918

10.3

 

0.955

[0.85; 1.07]

 

Socioprofessional category

    

< 0.0001

  

0.002

 Self-employed, farmer, employee, manual worker

3178

23.3

2508

28.0

 

REF

REF

 

 Intermediate profession

3405

25.0

2073

23.2

 

1.163

[1.07; 1.26]

 

 Managerial staff, intellectual profession

5768

42.4

3572

39.9

 

1.031

[0.95; 1.12]

 

 No occupation

161

1.2

112

1.3

 

0.975

[0.75; 1.27]

 

 Unemployed

1108

8.1

682

7.6

 

1.094

[0.98; 1.22]

 

Educational level

    

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

 None or Primary

152

1.1

192

2.2

 

REF

REF

 

 Secondary

2884

21.2

2751

30.8

 

1.225

[0.98; 1.53]

 

 Undergraduate and others

4560

33.5

2733

30.6

 

1.788

[1.43; 2.23]

 

 Post graduate

6024

44.2

3271

36.6

 

2.009

[1.6; 2.52]

 

Household composition

    

< 0.0001

   

 Alone without children

2450

18.0

1642

18.4

 

NA

NA

 

 Alone with at least one child

891

6.5

639

7.1

 

NA

NA

 

 Two adults living as a couple  without children

5530

40.6

3821

42.7

 

NA

NA

 

 Two adults living as a couple with at least one child

4493

33.0

2681

30.0

 

NA

NA

 

 Two or more adults without children

256

1.9

164

1.8

 

NA

NA

 

Size of the urban residence unit

    

0.0002

   

 Rural

2854

21.0

2002

22.4

 

NA

NA

 

  < 20,000 inhabitants

2035

14.9

1376

15.4

 

NA

NA

 

 20,000–200,000 inhabitants

2449

18.0

1707

19.1

 

NA

NA

 

  > 200,000 inhabitants

6282

46.1

3862

43.2

 

NA

NA

 

Latest weight-loss diet followed

    

0.001

   

 No declared diet

5370

39.4

3317

37.1

 

NA

NA

 

  < 5 years

1005

7.4

651

7.3

 

NA

NA

 

  > 5 years

7245

53.2

4979

55.7

 

NA

NA

 
  1. 1p for chi2 test
  2. 2p represented the overall significance of each variable (Type III analysis of effects), adjusted also on BMI (data not shown)