Table 5. Socioeconomic determinants of dietary pattern membership^*.

Dietary Pattern	SES indicator	Model 1 †	p	Model 2 ‡	p	Model 3 §	p
DP1: High Red Meat	Education (years)	OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
	0–9	5.26 (2.94–9.41)	<0.001	5.55 (3.02–10.21)	<0.001	5.28 (2.85–9.79)	<0.001
	10–11	2.78 (1.45–5.33)	0.002	3.30 (1.67–6.49)	0.001	3.27 (1.65–6.51)	0.001
	≥12 (ref)	1		1
	Occupational class
	Routine/manual	2.43 (1.65–3.59)	<0.001
	Intermediate	1.57 (0.91–2.69)	0.1
	Managerial/administrative (ref)	1
	Deprivation Index
	Poor areas	2.46 (1.50–4.04)	<0.001
	Intermediate	1.35 (0.90–2.03)	0.15
	Affluent areas (ref)	1
DP2: Low Meat (ref)		1		1		1
DP3: High Butter	Education (years)
	0–9	3.44 (1.99–5.95)	<0.001	3.42 (1.96–5.98)	<0.001	3.32 (1.89–5.82)	<0.001
	10–11	2.85 (1.56–5.22)	0.001	2.90 (1.56–5.39)	0.001	2.83 (1.52–5.28)	0.001
	≥12 (ref)	1
	Occupational class
	Routine/manual	2.19 (1.48–3.24)	<0.001
	Intermediate	1.46 (0.84–2.53)	0.18
	Managerial/administrative (ref)	1
	Deprivation Index
	Poor areas	2.37 (1.43–3.94)	0.001
	Intermediate	1.39 (0.92–2.11)	0.12
	Affluent areas (ref)	1

ref, referent

*Multinomial logistic regression with stepwise forward entry

^†each SES indicator entered separately

^‡SES indicators entered together

^§additionally adjusted for lifestyle (physical activity, smoking) and health-related factors (BMI, cognitive status)