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. 2019 Aug 9;23(2):319–328. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019001861

Table 5.

Dietary patterns (DP) and the presence of overweight and obesity (BMI ≥ 25·0 kg/m2) among Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey respondents in 2003 and 2014

DP DP quartile Unadjusted Adjusted for age Adjusted for age and sex Adjusted for age, sex and ethnicity Adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity and household income
OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % C OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI
Traditional – 2003 Q1 1·062 0·925, 1·218 1·044 0·907, 1·202 1·019 0·884, 1·174 1·251 1·075, 1·456** 1·225 1·051, 1·427**
Q2 1·137 0·991, 1·304 1·134 0·986, 1·305 1·118 0·971, 1·286 1·271 1·099, 1·470*** 1·253 1·083, 1·450**
Q3 1·087 0·947, 1·247 1·081 0·940, 1·243 1·071 0·931, 1·233 1·122 0·974, 1·293 1·111 0·964, 1·281
Q4 1 1 1 1 1
Mixed – 2003 Q1 1·085 0·945, 1·245 1·051 0·913, 1·209 1·079 0·936, 1·243 1·071 0·929, 1·235 1·101 0·954, 1·271
Q2 1·141 0·995, 1·309 1·122 0·975, 1·291 1·130 0·982, 1·300 1·133 0·984, 1·305 1·149 0·997, 1·324
Q3 1·121 0·976, 1·286 1·099 0·955, 1·265 1·102 0·957, 1·268 1·114 0·967, 1·284 1·122 0·973, 1·293
Q4 1 1 1 1 1·000
Western – 2003 Q1 1·465 1·276, 1·681*** 1·215 1·054, 1·401** 1·203 1·043, 1·387* 0·988 0·849, 1·149 1·015 0·872, 1·182
Q2 1·302 1·134, 1·495*** 1·148 0·996, 1·323 1·130 0·980, 1·303 0·990 0·855, 1·146 1·010 0·872, 1·169
Q3 1·212 1·055, 1·392** 1·118 0·970, 1·288 1·104 0·958, 1·272 1·033 0·895, 1·192 1·050 0·909, 1·213
Q4 1 1 1 1 1
Flatbread & Beverages – 2003 Q1 1·075 0·936, 1·233 0·829 0·718, 0·958* 0·798 0·689, 0·923** 0·917 0·789, 1·006 0·931 0·800, 1·082
Q2 1·137 0·991, 1·304 0·929 0·805, 1·071 0·902 0·782, 1·042 0·964 0·834, 1·115 0·974 0·842, 1·127
Q3 1·148 1·001, 1·317* 1·014 0·881, 1·168 0·996 0·865, 1·147 1·002 0·869, 1·155 1·007 0·873, 1·161
Q4 1 1 1 1 1
Traditional – 2014 Q1 1·093 0·889, 1·343 1·111 0·901, 1·369 1·024 0·828, 1·268 1·132 0·908, 1·411 1·056 0·844, 1·321
Q2 1·124 0·914, 1·382 1·133 0·919, 1·398 1·082 0·876, 1·337 1·165 0·939, 1·446 1·122 0·903, 1·395
Q3 1·223 0·996, 1·502 1·236 1·003, 1·524* 1·201 0·973, 1·481 1·259 1·018, 1·556* 1·225 0·989, 1·517
Q4 1 1 1 1 1
Mixed – 2014 Q1 0·895 0·728, 1·100 0·889 0·721, 1·096 0·957 0·774, 1·184 0·921 0·741, 1·145 1·014 0·811, 1·268
Q2 1·066 0·867, 1·311 1·061 0·860, 1·309 1·093 0·884, 1·350 1·064 0·860, 1·317 1·121 0·902, 1·393
Q3 1·094 0·889, 1·346 1·061 0·859, 1·309 1·050 0·850, 1·297 1·048 0·847, 1·297 1·076 0·868, 1·336
Q4 1 1 1 1 1
Western – 2014 Q1 1·312 1·067, 1·603** 1·041 0·839, 1·291 1·001 0·805, 1·243 1·118 0·895, 1·395 1·174 0·938, 1·471
Q2 1·391 1·130, 1·713** 1·156 0·933, 1·433 1·110 0·895, 1·378 1·166 0·937, 1·450 1·189 0·954, 1·481
Q3 1·204 0·979, 1·480 1·064 0·861, 1·314 1·039 0·841, 1·285 1·059 0·855, 1·311 1·068 0·861, 1·326
Q4 1 1 1 1 1
Noodles & Meat – 2014 Q1 1·319 1·073, 1·622** 1·291 1·046, 1·592* 1·229 0·994, 1·518 0·908 0·705, 1·171 0·966 0·748, 1·249
Q2 1·432 1·164, 1·762*** 1·432 1·160, 1·767*** 1·337 1·080, 1·655** 1·042 0·816, 1·331 1·095 0·85, 1·401
Q3 1·283 1·044, 1·578* 1·266 1·027, 1·562* 1·206 0·976, 1·490 1·045 0·836, 1·306 1·084 0·865, 1·358
Q4 1 1 1 1 1

*P < 0·05; **P < 0·01, ***P < 0·001.

DP quartile refers to the quartile of adherence. Q1 and Q4 are the lowest and highest quartiles of adherence, respectively.

OR and 95 % CI are calculated with the highest quartile as the reference.