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. 2014 Aug 4;18(7):1215–1224. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014001463

Table 2.

Proportion of Brazilian adolescents who regularly consumed (≥5 times/week) foods considered to be markers of a healthy diet according to sociodemographic variables; PeNSE 2012

Healthy diet markers (consumed ≥5 d/week)
Beans Fruit Raw vegetables Cooked vegetables Milk
Variable % PR* 95 % CI % PR* 95 % CI % PR* 95 % CI % PR* 95 % CI % PR* 95 % CI
Gender
Male 74·68 1·00 Ref. 29·57 1·00 Ref. 25·59 1·00 Ref. 13·17 1·00 Ref. 54·68 1·00 Ref.
Female 65·59 0·85 0·84, 0·86 30·79 1·04 1·02, 1·06 27·47 1·09 1·07, 1·11 13·73 1·04 1·00, 1·07 48·68 0·90 0·89, 0·91
Age range
11–14 years 69·93 1·00 Ref. 30·77 1·00 Ref. 27·20 1·00 Ref. 12·80 1·00 Ref. 53·55 1·00 Ref.
15 years or older 69·95 0·96 0·95, 0·97 28·98 0·98 0·96, 1·00 25·22 0·99 0·97, 1·01 14·89 1·13 1·09, 1·16 47·19 0·94 0·92, 0·95
Ethnicity/skin colour
White 67·59 1·00 Ref. 30·62 1·00 Ref. 28·42 1·00 Ref. 12·71 1·00 Ref. 56·01 1·00 Ref.
Black and brown 71·58 1·04 1·03, 1·05 29·92 0·97 0·95, 0·99 25·43 0·94 0·92, 0·96 13·87 0·99 0·95, 1·02 49·05 0·94 0·93, 0·95
Asian 68·38 1·03 1·00, 1·05 29·82 0·97 0·93, 1·02 26·88 0·48 0·93, 1·03 14·16 1·03 0·96, 1·11 48·42 0·95 0·93, 0·98
American Indian 70·51 1·01 0·98, 1·03 30·83 1·03 0·98, 1·08 25·09 0·95 0·89, 1·00 14·22 1·02 0·94, 1·11 48·15 0·90 0·87, 0·93
Mother’s educational level
Incomplete middle school 72·27 1·00 Ref. 28·55 1·00 Ref. 23·78 1·00 Ref. 13·22 1·00 Ref. 46·65 1·00 Ref.
Complete middle school 71·54 1·00 0·98, 1·01 31·13 1·10 1·07, 1·13 26·2 1·11 1·07, 1·14 13·33 1·04 0·99, 1·09 51·58 1·06 1·04, 1·08
Complete high school 69·01 1·00 9·98, 1·00 30·50 1·10 1·07, 1·13 27·85 0·05 1·16, 1·22 13·13 1·06 1·02, 1·11 55·04 1·10 1·08, 1·12
Complete higher education 62·70 0·96 0·95, 0·98 33·34 1·25 1·21, 1·29 32·66 1·40 1·35, 1·45 15·20 1·28 1·21, 1·34 58·16 1·15 1·13, 1·18
Administrative status
Private 58·87 1·00 Ref. 29·57 1·00 Ref. 29·12 1·00 Ref. 12·87 1·00 Ref. 56·90 1·00 Ref.
Public 72·23 1·19 1·18, 1·21 30·79 1·08 1·05, 1·11 26·05 0·96 0·94, 0·99 13·58 1·07 1·02, 1·11 50·44 0·95 0·93, 0·96
Geographical area
North 41·40 1·00 Ref. 26·73 1·00 Ref. 20·99 1·00 Ref. 13·90 1·00 Ref. 48·40 1·00 Ref.
Northeast 70·35 1·42 1·39, 1·44 28·89 1·03 1·00, 1·06 24·15 0·95 0·92, 0·98 14·80 0·96 0·92, 1·00 39·90 0·86 0·85, 0·88
Southeast 74·39 1·67 1·65, 1·70 31·68 1·17 1·14, 1·21 26·12 1·19 1·15, 1·23 13·15 0·96 0·92, 1·01 57·05 1·08 1·06, 1·10
South 69·48 1·32 1·30, 1·35 28·45 1·06 1·03, 1·10 29·82 1·32 1·27, 1·37 10·91 0·82 0·78, 0·87 56·61 1·11 1·09, 1·13
Midwest 73·30 1·62 1·59, 1·65 32·94 1·19 1·15, 1·22 36·57 1·64 1·59, 1·69 15·20 1·03 0·98, 1·08 51·83 0·96 0·94, 0·98
County type
Capital 60·00 1·00 Ref. 29·76 1·00 Ref. 27·75 1·00 Ref. 13·85 1·00 Ref. 54·64 1·00 Ref.
Non-capital 72·81 1·17 1·16, 1·19 30·34 1·05 1·03, 1·07 26·24 0·98 0·96, 1·00 13·35 0·97 0·94, 1·01 50·66 0·91 0·90, 0·92

PeNSE, Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar (National Survey of Schoolchildren’s Health); PR, prevalence ratio; Ref., referent category.

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Adjusted for the other variables in the model.