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. 2014 Jun 26;14:654. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-654

Table 5.

Non-adjusted and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) and confidence intervals (95% CI) for the association of social mobility with the healthy, bar and energy dense dietary patterns identified in 23 to 25-year-old adults of the Ribeirão Preto birth cohort (4th phase: 2002–2004)

Social mobility
Healthy pattern
Bar pattern
Energy dense pattern
Non-adjusted PR (95% CI)
Adjusted PR (95% CI) a
Non-adjusted PR (95% CI)
Adjusted PR (95% CI) b
Non-adjusted PR (95% CI)
Adjusted PR (95% CI) c
  p = 0.001 p = 0.541 p = 0.185 p = 0.622 p = 0.331 p = 0.664
Poor – poor
Reference
Reference
Reference
Reference
Reference
Reference
Poor – not poor
1.08 (0.73 – 1.58)
0.93 (0.68 – 1.26)
1.18 (0.81 – 1.73)
1.09 (0.82 – 1.46)
1.14 (0.78 – 1.66)
1.11 (0.83 – 1.48)
Not poor – poor
0.91 (0.59 – 1.41)
0.82 (0.58 – 1.17)
0.95 (0.62 – 1.45)
0.88 (0.64 – 1.22)
0.92 (0.61 – 1.41)
0.97 (0.70 – 1.33)
Not poor – not poor 1.62 (1.19 – 2.22) 1.01 (0.76 – 1.36) 1.31 (0.96 – 1.80) 0.99 (0.75 – 1.33) 1.23 (0.90 – 1.69) 1.13 (0.86 – 1.49)

Total n = 1,549, n of men = 769, n of women = 780.

p value for trend referring to the maximum likelihood ratio test obtained by Poisson regression.

a Adjusted for sex, skin color, maternal schooling at birth, schooling in adulthood, marital status and presence of children in the household.

b Adjusted for sex, maternal schooling at birth, schooling in adulthood, marital status and number of people in the household.

c Adjusted for skin color.