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. 2013 Aug 2;17(8):1805–1813. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013001997

Table 5.

The odds of regular and occasional fast-food consumers meeting or exceeding dietary intake recommendations, and of having an ‘at-risk’ BMI and abdominal obesity: Singapore residents (n 1460) aged 18–69 years, 2010 National Nutrition Survey

Unadjusted Adjusted*
Occasional consumer Regular consumer Occasional consumer Regular consumer
Dependent variable OR† 95 % CI P value OR† 95 % CI P value OR† 95 % CI P value OR† 95 % CI P value
Wholegrain intake ≥ 1 serving/d 0·57 0·50, 0·64 <0·001 0·45 0·38, 0·53 <0·001 0·58 0·50, 0·67 <0·001 0·53 0·43, 0·64 <0·001
Fruit intake ≥ 2 servings/d 0·52 0·46, 0·59 <0·001 0·45 0·38, 0·53 <0·001 0·43 0·37, 0·50 <0·001 0·46 0·37, 0·55 <0·001
Vegetable intake ≥ 2 servings/d 1·17 1·04, 1·32 0·009 1·51 1·31, 1·74 <0·001 1·08 0·93, 1·24 0·327 1·19 0·99, 1·42 0·062
Energy intake ≥ RDA 1·71 1·53, 1·91 <0·001 3·66 3·14, 4·27 <0·001 1·85 1·61, 2·11 <0·001 3·89 3·23, 4·69 <0·001
Fat intake ≥ RDA 2·80 2·49, 3·14 <0·001 5·24 4·45, 6·18 <0·001 2·12 1·85, 2·44 <0·001 3·60 2·96, 4·38 <0·001
Saturated fat intake ≥ RDA 3·16 2·76, 3·62 <0·001 6·60 5·27, 8·26 <0·001 2·34 1·99, 2·76 <0·001 5·09 3·89, 6·66 <0·001
BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2 1·07 0·96, 1·20 0·23 0·69 0·60, 0·79 <0·001 1·19 1·04, 1·37 0·014 0·76 0·64, 0·91 0·003
WC, M ≥ 90 cm, F ≥ 80 cm 0·68 0·61, 0·76 <0·001 0·51 0·44, 0·59 <0·001 1·07 0·93, 1·23 0·333 0·98 0·82, 1·17 0·793
WHR, M ≥ 0·90, F ≥ 0·85 0·63 0·56, 0·71 <0·001 0·40 0·34, 0·46 <0·001 1·52 1·32, 1·77 <0·001 1·24 1·03, 1·51 0·027

WC, waist circumference; M, males; F, females; WHR, waist:hip ratio.

*Age (as a continuous variable), gender, ethnicity, household income group and education level group were included as covariates.

†Non-consumer of fast food was the reference category.