Table 6.

Final multivariate model of the determinants of “meat dietary pattern.”

	Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval, CI)	p-Value
Sex
Female	0.52 (0.41; 0.67)	<0.001†
Age	0.97 (0.96; 0.98)	<0.001†
Years of education	0.96 (0.93; 1.00)	0.040†
Employment status
Employed full-time/student/temporally work disabled/retired	1
Unemployed/employed part-time/domestic worker	1.33 (1.01; 1.75)	0.041†
NUTII
Norte	1
Centro	0.78 (0.60; 1.03)	0.081
Lisboa	0.90 (0.64; 1.27)	0.553
Alentejo	0.81 (0.52; 1.27)	0.366
Algarve	0.81 (0.48; 1.38)	0.444
Azores	1.44 (1.07; 1.95)	0.017†
Madeira	1.39 (1.01; 1.93)	0.046†
Non-communicable chronic diseases (self-reported)
Diabetes	0.72 (0.53; 0.98)	0.035†
Depression symptoms (score ≥ 11)	1.56 (1.11; 2.19)	0.010†
Smoking habits
Never smoked/past smoker	1
Current smoker	1.50 (1.15; 1.96)	0.003†
Physical activity
Moderate/active	1
Inactive	1.80 (1.41; 2.30)	<0.001†

n = 5768, F_{(14, 5,754)} = 17.68, p < 0.0001.

Employment status was recoded as 0 if employed full-time/student/temporally work disabled/retired and 1 if unemployed/employed part-time/domestic worker; smoking habits was recoded as 0 if never smoked/past smoker and 1 if current smoker; physical activity was recoded as 0 if moderate/active and 1 if inactive.

^†p-Value < 0.05.