Table 2.

Weekly consumption frequency (means and their standard errors), prevalence of high consumption, and odds ratios (95 % confidence intervals) for intake of low-sugar and low-fat foods by classified parental education level; children (n 14 426) aged 2 to 9 years from eight European countries, baseline survey of IDEFICS study, September 2007 to May 2008

Food group/Parental education	n	Mean	se	p†	OR	95 % CI
Vegetables (raw and cooked)
Low	1049	7·7a,b	0·19	33	0·56***	0·47, 0·65
Medium	6685	8·1a,c	0·07	36	0·76***	0·70, 0·82
High	5696	9·0b,c	0·08	38
Fruits
Low	1021	7·0a,b	0·19	27	0·56***	0·48, 0·65
Medium	6598	7·6a,c	0·07	35	0·74***	0·69, 0·80
High	5660	8·2b,c	0·08	41
Fresh meat and fish
Low	1046	3·9a,b	0·10	41	1·02	0·88, 1·19
Medium	6685	3·6a,c	0·04	36	1·02	0·95, 1·11
High	5726	3·3b,c	0·04	35
Pasta, noodles and rice
Low	1021	2·8a,b	0·08	31	0·61***	0·52, 0·72
Medium	6606	3·0a,c	0·03	30	0·85***	0·77, 0·93
High	5669	3·2b,c	0·04	32
Wholemeal bread
Low	993	3·4b	0·15	28	0·76***	0·64, 0·90
Medium	6479	3·5c	0·06	32	0·79***	0·72, 0·86
High	5602	3·9b,c	0·06	36
Water
Low	1001	19·5a,b	0·32	60	0·83*	0·71, 0·99
Medium	6563	20·8a,c	0·12	51	0·97	0·89, 1·06
High	5637	21·6b,c	0·14	50
Plain unsweetened milk
Low	973	7·3	0·23	31	0·68***	0·59, 0·80
Medium	6394	7·5	0·09	36	0·92	0·85, 1·00
High	5511	7·4	0·10	33

Reference group: high education.

Analysis of covariance model adjusted for gender, age and BMI category. Two-sided level of significance (P < 0·05): ^asignificant difference between low and medium; ^bsignificant difference between low and high; ^csignificant difference between medium and high.

OR and 95 % CI determined by logistic regression models. Variables included in the models were parental education, gender, age and BMI category. Two-sided level of significance: *P < 0·05, ***P < 0·001.

†p refers to the proportion of participants assigned to the highest consumption category.