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. 2023 Feb 13;26(6):1230–1237. doi: 10.1017/S1368980023000010

Table 2.

OR and 95 % CI of eating behaviours according to the frequency of breakfast intake

The frequency of skipping breakfast Males Females
Eating breakfast Skipping breakfast Sometimes Often Usually Eating breakfast Skipping breakfast Sometimes Often Usually
(0/week) 1–2 /week (3–4 /week (≥5/week 0/week 1–2 /week 3–4 /week (≥5 /week
No. of participants * 42 999 8953 2402 1640 4911 53 179 7654 2576 1793 3285
Overeating
n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
No. of yes 22 167 52 4823 54 1317 55 876 54 2630 54 32 676 62 4953 65 1688 66 1183 66 2082 64
OR OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI
Age- and area-adjusted OR 1·00 0·87 0·83, 0·92 0·93 0·85, 1·01 0·88 0·80, 0·98 0·84 0·79, 0·90 1·00 1·03 0·98, 1·09 1·08 0·99, 1·17 1·10 0·99, 1·21 0·97 0·90, 1·05
Multivariable OR 1·00 1·01 0·96, 1·06 1·03 0·94, 1·12 1·01 0·91, 1·12 1·01 0·94, 1·07 1·00 1·10 1·04, 1·15 1·10 1·01, 1·20 1·15 1·04, 1·27 1·06 0·98, 1·15
Eating quickly
n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
No. of fast 21 800 51 5006 56 1336 56 904 55 2766 56 22 581 43 3590 47 1202 47 883 49 1505 46
OR OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI
Age- and area-adjusted OR 1·00 0·99 0·95, 1·04 1·01 0·93, 1·10 0·99 0·89, 1·09 0·99 0·93, 1·05 1·00 1·06 1·01, 1·12 1·06 0·98, 1·15 1·18 1·07, 1·29 1·01 0·94, 1·08
Multivariable OR 1·00 1·06 1·01, 1·11 1·05 0·97, 1·15 1·05 0·95, 1·16 1·07 1·00, 1·14 1·00 1·07 1·02, 1·13 1·05 0·97, 1·14 1·19 1·08, 1·31 1·03 0·95, 1·10
Eating out
n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
No. of ≥3 times/week 5597 13 2456 28 655 27 486 30 1315 27 3187 6 1136 15 405 16 257 15 474 15
Age- and area-adjusted OR 1·00 2·05 1·93, 2·17 2·06 1·87, 2·27 2·35 2·10, 2·62 1·94 1·81, 2·09 1·00 2·25 2·09, 2·43 2·43 2·17, 2·72 2·19 1·91, 2·52 2·14 1·93, 2·38
Multivariable OR 1·00 2·08 1·96, 2·21 2·09 1·90, 2·31 2·41 2·15, 2·69 1·97 1·83, 2·12 1·00 2·15 1·99, 2·33 2·38 2·12, 2·66 2·11 1·83, 2·43 2·00 1·79, 2·23
Eating instant foods
n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
No. of ≥3 times/week 4020 9 1965 22 504 21 396 24 1065 22 1948 4 704 9 224 9 157 9 323 10
OR OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI
Age- and area-adjusted OR 1·00 2·07 1·95, 2·21 1·99 1·79, 2·21 2·46 2·18, 2·77 2·00 1·85, 2·16 1·00 2·00 1·82, 2·19 1·92 1·66, 2·22 1·93 1·62, 2·29 2·10 1·85, 2·38
Multivariable OR 1·00 1·89 1·77, 2·01 1·89 1·69, 2·10 2·23 1·98, 2·52 1·78 1·64, 1·93 1·00 1·72 1·56, 1·89 1·80 1·55, 2·08 1·65 1·39, 1·97 1·70 1·49, 1·94
*

Individuals with missing data of each behaviour were excluded from their analysis (see online Supplemental Table 1).

Multivariable OR were adjusted for age, area, education level, drinking status, smoking status, annual household income and health examinations.