Table 6.

Top quartile of the Elderly Dietary Index (EDI) and daily fruit and vegetable intake according to social relationships (Odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals)

		EDI quartiles*	Daily fruit and vegetable intake†
		Unadjusted	Adjusted‡			Unadjusted	Adjusted‡
n	% Q4	OR	95 % CI	P	OR	95 % CI	P	n	%	OR	95 % CI	P	OR	95 % CI	P
Marital status
Married	3224	26·3	1			1			3332	19·2	1			1
Single	131	16·0	0·53	0·33, 0·86	0·01	0·69	0·42, 1·16	0·16	142	13·4	0·65	0·40, 1·07	0·09	0·66	0·38, 1·15	0·14
Widowed	280	16·8	0·57	0·41, 0·78	0·001	0·70	0·49, 1·00	0·05	292	9·6	0·45	0·30, 0·67	< 0·001	0·53	0·35, 0·80	0·003
Divorced/separated	157	16·6	0·56	0·36, 0·85	0·007	0·65	0·41, 1·04	0·07	166	10·2	0·48	0·29, 0·80	0·01	0·42	0·23, 0·76	0·004
Living alone
No	3386	25·9	1			1			3497	18·8	1			1
Yes	423	17·0	0·59	0·45, 0·76	< 0·001	0·71	0·53, 0·95	0·02	450	12·0	0·59	0·44, 0·79	< 0·001	0·61	0·44, 0·85	0·003
Social contact – children
Every week	3082	24·5	1			1			3184	17·5	1			1
Every month	217	30·9	1·37	1·02, 1·85	0·78	1·17	0·84, 1·63	0·54	224	22·3	1·35	0·97, 1·88	0·62	1·19	0·83, 1·70	0·80
Every few months to every year	95	29·5	1·29	0·82, 2·01		1·49	0·91, 2·45		100	13·0	0·70	0·39, 1·27		0·71	0·38, 1·33
Rarely/never/does not apply	210	22·4	0·89	0·63, 1·24		0·96	0·66, 1·39		215	19·1	1·11	0·78, 1·58		1·10	0·75, 1·62
Social contact – siblings
Every week	990	23·5	1			1			1036	17·7	1			1
Every month	680	24·3	1·04	0·83, 1·31	0·16	0·89	0·70, 1·14	0·31	699	18·3	1·04	0·81, 1·34	0·90	0·98	0·75, 1·27	0·80
Every few months to every year	787	26·4	1·17	0·94, 1·45		1·07	0·85, 1·36		810	17·4	0·98	0·77, 1·25		0·92	0·71, 1·20
Rarely/never/does not apply	687	25·9	1·14	0·91, 1·42		1·09	0·85, 1·40		709	18·2	1·04	0·81, 1·32		0·99	0·76, 1·30
Social contact – friends
Every week	3247	25·0	1			1			3357	17·9	1			1
Every month	246	28·9	1·22	0·91, 1·62	0·70	1·12	0·82, 1·52	0·34	253	18·2	1·02	0·73, 1·42	0·36	0·97	0·68, 1·38	0·33
Every few months to every year	79	30·4	1·31	0·81, 2·13		1·43	0·85, 2·41		84	19·1	1·08	0·62, 1·87		1·20	0·68, 2·11
Rarely/never/does not apply	55	18·2	0·67	0·33, 1·33		0·92	0·43, 1·96		60	23·3	1·39	0·76, 2·55		1·46	0·73, 2·92
Social contact – neighbours
Every week	3306	24·9	1			1			3425	18·1	1			1
Every month	211	25·1	1·01	0·73, 1·40	0·58	0·87	0·62, 1·23	0·60	217	13·8	0·72	0·49, 1·08	0·70	0·62	0·41, 0·95	0·35
Every few months to every year	57	36·8	1·76	1·02, 3·03		1·76	0·97, 3·20		59	23·7	1·40	0·77, 2·58		1·25	0·64, 2·42
Rarely/never/does not apply	91	23·1	0·91	0·55, 1·48		1·01	0·59, 1·73		95	16·8	0·91	0·53, 1·58		0·87	0·47, 1·60

^*Data for the EDI available for 3924 participants. OR for quartile 4 v. quartiles 1–3.

^†Data for fruit and vegetable intake available for 4067 participants.

^‡Adjusted for age, energy intake, smoking status, physical activity, alcohol intake, BMI and adult social class.