Table 1. Awareness of salt guidelines (2007).

		n	% aware of guidance	AOR (95% CI)	% aware of 6 g/d target*	AOR (95% CI)
Overall		6384	68.8	-	33.3	-
Age	16–34	1586	61.0	ref	35.6	ref
	35–54	2263	69.2	1.43 (1.25, 1.64)	31.9	0.85 (0.66, 1.09)
	55–74	1911	75.5	1.96 (1.70, 2.27)	32.8	0.93 (0.72, 1.20)
	75+	624	66.4	1.26 (1.04, 1.53)	28.1	0.71 (0.44, 1.15)
Sex	Men	2831	63.4	ref	29.3	Ref
	Women	3553	73.0	1.57 (1.41, 1.74)	36.3	1.37 (1.12, 1.68)
Ethnicity	White	5780	71.1	ref	32.9	Ref
	South Asian	316	40.8	0.28 (0.22, 0.36)	27.7	0.78 (0.45, 1.36)
	Black	153	53.6	0.47 (0.34, 0.65)	56.3	2.62 (1.29, 5.31)
Social class	I - professional	324	71.0	ref	34.6	Ref
	II- managerial technical	1906	74.5	1.19 (0.92, 1.55)	34.3	0.99 (0.64, 1.52)
	III - skilled non-manual	1435	71.8	1.04 (0.80, 1.36)	33.6	0.96 (0.61, 1.50)
	III - skilled manual	996	61.9	0.66 (0.50, 0.87)	29.1	0.78 (0.48, 1.27)
	IV - semi-skilled manual	1072	64.9	0.76 (0.58, 0.99)	32.1	0.90 (0.55, 1.45)
	V - unskilled manual	296	66.2	0.80 (0.57, 1.12)	32.9	0.93 (0.49, 1.74)
Hypertension	No	5524	68.0	ref	33.3	Ref
	Yes	860	73.4	1.29 (1.10, 1.52)	33.2	1.00 (0.74, 1.33)

AOR: adjusted odds ratios.

*This based on participants being able to identify the guideline amount as 6 grams per day.