Table 3.

Selected determinants for consumption-day amounts across thirty-eight food and beverage groups^*

Food group†	Sex	Age	Smoking status	Years of education	BMI	Employment	Living with a partner	Household net income
Coffee	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Juice	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Processed meat	x	x	x	x	x	x		x
Other non-alcoholic drinks	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Bread	x		x		x	x	x	x
Milk and dairy products	x	x	x	x		x	x
Wine	x	x	x		x	x		x
Beer	x	x	x		x		x	x
Cheese	x	x		x		x		x
Butter	x	x	x	x	x			x
Other alcoholic drinks	x	x	x	x	x
Nuts	x	x	x	x		x
Eggs	x	x	x				x
Meat	x	x	x		x
Cereals	x	x	x				x
Soft drinks	x	x	x	x
Sugar	x	x			x		x
Fresh fruits		x	x	x
Sauces	x	x	x
Pasta/rice	x	x			x
Soup	x			x
Other fruits	x			x
Fish	x			x
Spirits		x	x
Margarine	x					x
Cake	x
Potatoes	x
Other vegetables		x
Poultry	x

^*LASSO variable selection for linear-effect models was used; selection criterion: Bayesian information criterion.

^†Food groups cabbage, tea, root vegetables, leafy vegetables, fruit vegetables, legumes, offal, vegetable oils and other fats are not shown because no determinant was selected for those food groups.