Table 1.

Prevalence and adjusted odds ratio’s of agreement that it is important for baby and toddler foods to be low in sodium, N = 6378.^a

Characteristic	N	Agreement with importance of baby and toddler foods being low in sodium
		%^b	95% CI	AOR^c	95%CI
Sex
Male	1741	61.7	59.3–64.2	–	Ref
Female	2602	74.0	71.9–76.1	1.8^*	1.5–2.1
Age, y
18–34	837	65.8	62.5–69.1	–	Ref
35–44	881	66.1	62.2–69.9	1.0	0.8–1.3
45–54	1193	67.4	64.0–70.8	1.1	0.9–1.3
55–64	713	66.6	62.7–70.5	1.1	0.8–1.3
65+	719	75.7	72.2–79.1	1.6^*	1.3–2.1
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	3187	67.0	65.2–68.8	–	Ref
Black, non-Hispanic	435	72.3	67.1–77.5	1.3	1.0–1.7
Other, non-Hispanic	157	78.2	70.9–85.5	2.0^*	1.3–3.0
Hispanic	457	65.0	59.8–70.1	0.9	0.7–1.2
2 + Race, non-Hispanic^d	107	72.2	62.4–82.0	1.3	0.8–2.1
Education
Less than high school	250	66.0	60.0–71.9	0.9	0.6–1.2
High school	1028	69.3	66.2–72.3	1.0	0.8–1.2
Some college	1406	66.5	63.7–69.3	0.9	0.8–1.1
Bachelor’s degree or higher	1659	69.1	66.4–71.7	–	Ref
Household income
< $25 000	682	67.1	63.0–71.2	0.9	0.7–1.2
$25 000–$39 999	615	70.6	66.4–74.7	1.1	0.8–1.3
$40 000–$59 999	746	67.9	63.9–71.8	1.0	0.8–1.2
≥ $60 000	2300	67.6	65.4–69.8	–	Ref
Region of residence
Northeast	801	70.1	66.5–73.7	1.0	0.8–1.2
Midwest	1108	65.9	62.6–69.2	0.9	0.7–1.1
South	1462	69.6	66.9–72.3	–	Ref
West	972	65.8	62.3–69.4	0.8	0.7–1.0
BMI^e
<25	1591	67.8	65.1–70.5	–	Ref
25–30	1473	67.3	64.5–70.2	1.1	0.9–1.3
≥ 30	1279	69.1	66.1–72.0	1.1	0.9–1.4
Are you a parent of at least 1 child under the age of 2 years?
Yes	316	82.3	77.1–87.4	2.8^*	1.9–4.2
No	4027	66.6	65.0–68.3	–	Ref
Self-reported high blood pressure
Yes	1145	72.9	69.8–76.0	1.3^*	1.1–1.6
No	3198	66.3	64.4–68.2	–	Ref
Self-reported high cholesterol
Yes	1033	74.6	71.5–77.7	1.4^*	1.2–1.7
No	3310	66.1	64.2–68.0	–	Ref
Cardiovascular disease history
Yes	70	73.6	61.0–86.2	1.3	0.7–2.4
No	4273	67.9	66.3–69.5	–	Ref
How harmful to your health is eating too much salt/sodium?
Not at all harmful	56	30.5	21.7–39.4	–	Ref
A little harmful	802	53.1	49.5–56.6	2.6^*	1.7–4.0
Somewhat harmful	1779	67.7	65.1–70.3	4.7^*	3.1–7.2
Very harmful	1706	82.7	80.4–85.0	10.6^*	6.8–16.4
Are you currently watching or reducing your sodium/salt intake?
Yes	2133	79.3	77.2–81.5	2.7^*	2.3–3.2
No	2210	58.8	56.6–61.1	–	Ref

Note. AOR, adjusted odds ratio; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; Ref, reference category;

indicates p-value < 0.05.

N is unweighted. All other values are weighted by sex, age, household income, race/ethnicity, household size, education, census region, metro status, and prior internet access to match the 2011 Current Population Survey (United States Census Bureau, 2012).

Weighted proportion of respondents who somewhat agree and strongly agree (combined) with “It is important for baby and toddler foods to be low in sodium”. Not shown is the proportion of respondents with combined neither agree nor disagree, somewhat disagree and strongly disagree response.

Odds ratio of agreeing (combined somewhat and strongly agree) vs. everyone else (combined neither agree nor disagree, somewhat disagree, and strongly disagree) adjusted for age, sex, and race/ethnicity.

Two or more non-Hispanic races/ethnicities.

BMI < 25 includes underweight respondents (<18.5); however, percent agreement was not significantly different for individuals who are underweight (N = 81) compared to average weight respondents.