Table 1.
Background characteristics of tree nut snack (TNS) consumers compared to non-consumers in the UK adult population (≥19 years) based on NDNS 2008–2014, n 4738
| TNS-A | TNS-B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumers, n 484 |
Non-consumers, n 4254 |
P-value | Consumers, n 224 |
Non-consumers, n 4514 |
P-value | ||
| Amount of tree nuts consumed | Gram | ||||||
| Median | 6·5 | 14·0 | |||||
| IQR | 10·8 | 10·6 | |||||
| % Total energy intake | |||||||
| Median | 0·8 | 2·3 | |||||
| IQR | 2·2 | 5·1 | |||||
| Age | <0·001* | <0·001* | |||||
| Median | 51 | 48 | 53 | 48 | |||
| IQR | 24 | 27 | 24 | 27 | |||
| Sex (%) | Male | 31·1 | 41·6 | <0·001* | 32·8 | 40·8 | <0·001* |
| Female | 68·9 | 58·4 | 67·2 | 59·2 | |||
| Ethnicity (%) | White | 87·8 | 93·8 | 0·003* | 88·9 | 93·4 | 0·016* |
| Mixed ethnic group | 1·7 | 0·9 | 0·9 | 1·0 | |||
| Black or Black British | 1·6 | 2·0 | 1·7 | 1·9 | |||
| Asian or Asian British | 5·9 | 2·2 | 5·4 | 2·4 | |||
| Any other group | 3·1 | 1·2 | 3·0 | 1·3 | |||
| Region (%) | England | 68·1 | 54·8 | 0·003* | 64·8 | 55·8 | 0·131 |
| Scotland | 11·9 | 17·9 | 11·9 | 17·5 | |||
| Wales | 12·5 | 14·8 | 16·7 | 14·4 | |||
| Northern Ireland | 7·5 | 12·6 | 6·6 | 12·3 | |||
| Socio-economic status (%) | Higher managerial and professional occupations | 27·2 | 13·7 | <0·001* | 25·9 | 14·6 | <0·001* |
| Lower managerial and professional occupations | 31·2 | 23·1 | 26·4 | 23·9 | |||
| Intermediate occupations | 8·2 | 10·5 | 9·7 | 10·3 | |||
| Small employers and own account workers | 11·0 | 10·4 | 11·1 | 10·4 | |||
| Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 6·5 | 9·5 | 7·0 | 9·3 | |||
| Semi-routine occupations | 9·4 | 15·1 | 13·2 | 14·6 | |||
| Routine occupations | 3·4 | 12·9 | 4·5 | 12·2 | |||
| Never worked | 1·3 | 3·1 | 0·7 | 3·0 | |||
| Others | 1·9 | 1·7 | 1·5 | 1·8 | |||
| Smoking status (%) | Current smoker | 11·7 | 25·0 | <0·001* | 12·5 | 24·2 | <0·001* |
| Ex-Regular smoker | 25·7 | 23·6 | 27·3 | 23·7 | |||
| Never regular smoker | 62·6 | 51·4 | 60·2 | 52·2 | |||
| Alcohol intake (g/d) | 0·012* | 0·002* | |||||
| Median | 6·0 | 0·7 | 4·4 | 1·8 | |||
| IQR | 18·4 | 16·7 | 17·0 | 16·9 | |||
| Energy intake (kJ/d) | <0·001* | <0·001* | |||||
| Unadjusted mean | 7950·9 | 7325·3 | 8168·8 | 7350·5 | |||
| sd | 2023·8 | 2364·4 | 2087·0 | 2344·7 | |||
This is a descriptive table. Survey-adjusted generalised linear model with a linear binary logistic function was used to investigate the association between TNS consumption and demographic variables.
*
P was <0·05 indicating a significant association.