Table 4.

Regression results for diet quality score by food-insecurity status, unadjusted and adjusted for age, sex, education, geographical location (SA4), income and living situation. Reference category is the food-secure group for all variables

		Unadjusted				Adjusted for age, sex, education, geographical location (SA4), income and living situation.
Diet quality score	Food insecurity status	B	se	95 % CI	P value	B	se	95 % CI	P value
Total	Marginally FI	−2·40	1·05	−4·45, –0·35	0·02	−2·72	1·21	−5·11 –0·34	0·03
	Moderately FI	−4·64	0·82	−6·25, –3·03	< 0·001	−5·58	0·86	−7·26 –3·90	<0·001
	Severely FI	−11·41	0·95	−13·2, –9·55	<0·001	−11·50	0·87	−13·21 –9·78	<0·001
Vegetables
	Marginally FI	−1·14	0·48	−2·08, –0·21	0·02	−1·93	0·54	−2·99 –0·86	<0·001
	Moderately FI	−2·28	0·38	−3·01, –1·54	<0·001	−2·73	0·38	−3·48 –1·98	<0·001
	Severely FI	−5·20	0·43	−6·04, –4·36	<0·001	−4·92	0·39	−5·69 –4·15	<0·001
Fruit
	Marginally FI	0·02	0·32	−0·60, 0·64	0·95	0·21	0·38	−0·54 0·96	0·58
	Moderately FI	−1·13	0·25	−1·61, –0·64	<0·001	−1·22	0·27	−1·75 –0·69	<0·001
	Severely FI	−2·61	0·28	−3·17, –2·05	<0·001	−2·74	0·28	−3·28 –2·20	<0·001
Meat
	Marginally FI	−0·24	0·19	−0·61, 0·13	0·20	−0·07	0·20	−0·47 0·33	0·74
	Moderately FI	−0·40	0·15	−0·70, –0·10	0·01	−0·34	0·15	−0·63 –0·05	0·02
	Severely FI	−1·10	0·17	−1·43,–0·76	<0·001	−0·92	0·15	−1·22 –0·62	<0·001
Meat alternatives (not vegetarian)
	Marginally FI	−0·19	0·18	−0·53, 0·16	0·28	−0·03	0·20	−0·41 0·35	0·87
	Moderately FI	−0·44	0·14	−0·72, –0·16	<0·001	−0·41	0·14	−0·69 –0·13	<0·001
	Severely FI	−1·00	0·16	−1·31, –0·68	<0·001	−1·01	0·15	−1·30 –0·72	<0·001
Meat alternatives (vegetarian)
	Marginally FI	−1·39	1·29	−3·95, 1·16	0·28	−2·61	2·46	−7·51 2·28	0·29
	Moderately FI	−0·95	0·75	−2·44, 0·55	0·21	−1·12	0·98	−3·06 0·83	0·26
	Severely FI	−1·59	0·94	−3·46, 0·28	0·09	−0·59	0·93	−2·45 1·27	0·53
Grains
	Marginally FI	−0·47	0·29	−1·04, 0·10	0·11	−0·14	0·32	−0·77 0·48	0·66
	Moderately FI	−0·11	0·23	−0·56, 0·34	0·64	−0·42	0·23	−0·86 0·02	0·06
	Severely FI	−0·70	0·26	−1·21, –0·18	0·01	−0·95	0·23	−1·40 –0·50	<0·001
Dairy product
	Marginally FI	−0·16	0·23	−0·61, 0·28	0·47	0·00	0·26	−0·51 0·52	1·00
	Moderately FI	−0·38	0·18	−0·73, –0·03	0·03	−0·20	0·19	−0·56 0·17	0·29
	Severely FI	−0·75	0·21	−1·16, –0·35	<0·001	−0·48	0·19	−0·85 –0·11	0·01