Table 3.
Associations of sociodemographic characteristics with daily consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and artificially sweetened beverages among adults (n 9991) aged 30–64 years in the Fenland Study, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2005–2013
| SSB | ASB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Categories* | % daily consumers | OR† | 95 % CI | % daily consumers | OR† | 95 % CI |
| Age, per 10 years | 20 | 0·57 | 0·52, 0·61 | 9 | 0·74 | 0·66, 0·82 | |
| Sex | Women | 19 | 1·00 | Ref. | 10 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Men | 22 | 1·33 | 1·17, 1·50 | 7 | 0·66 | 0·56, 0·79 | |
| Test site | Cambridge | 15 | 1·00 | Ref. | 5 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Ely | 22 | 1·42 | 1·23, 1·63 | 10 | 1·42 | 1·16, 1·73 | |
| Wisbech | 25 | 1·52 | 1·31, 1·77 | 12 | 1·81 | 1·46, 2·23 | |
| Ethnicity | White | 21 | 1·00 | Ref. | 9 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Non-white | 8 | 0·40 | 0·25, 0·65 | 3 | 0·45 | 0·21, 0·97 | |
| Age finishing full-time education | ≤16 years | 24 | 1·00 | Ref. | 11 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| 17–19 years | 23 | 0·93 | 0·82, 1·06 | 11 | 0·92 | 0·78, 1·09 | |
| 20–23 years | 17 | 0·72 | 0·61, 0·84 | 6 | 0·54 | 0·43, 0·68 | |
| ≥24 years | 12 | 0·52 | 0·41, 0·64 | 4 | 0·43 | 0·31, 0·61 | |
| Socio-economic class | Higher | 18 | 1·00 | Ref. | 8 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Middle | 20 | 1·02 | 0·88, 1·19 | 12 | 1·16 | 0·96, 1·41 | |
| Lower | 26 | 1·15 | 1·00, 1·32 | 9 | 0·98 | 0·80, 1·20 | |
| Current work status | Full-time | 20 | 1·00 | Ref. | 9 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Part-time work | 21 | 1·13 | 0·97, 1·32 | 9 | 0·77 | 0·62, 0·95 | |
| Keeping house | 21 | 1·02 | 0·84, 1·23 | 10 | 0·86 | 0·67, 1·10 | |
| Not working | 18 | 1·07 | 0·88, 1·31 | 7 | 0·87 | 0·65, 1·16 | |
| Employment type | Employee | 21 | 1·00 | Ref. | 9 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Self-employed | 20 | 0·98 | 0·86, 1·11 | 7 | 0·85 | 0·70, 1·02 | |
| Total combined annual household income | <£20 000 | 23 | 1·00 | Ref. | 8 | 1·00 | ref. |
| £20 000–£40 000 | 22 | 0·82 | 0·69, 0·96 | 10 | 1·30 | 1·01, 1·67 | |
| >£40 000 | 19 | 0·76 | 0·63, 0·91 | 9 | 1·53 | 1·16, 2·00 | |
| Marital status | Single | 19 | 1·00 | Ref. | 6 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Married | 20 | 0·98 | 0·76, 1·25 | 9 | 1·05 | 0·71, 1·53 | |
| Other | 18 | 0·97 | 0·73, 1·30 | 8 | 1·13 | 0·74, 1·73 | |
| Number of people living in the household | One person | 15 | 1·00 | Ref. | 7 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| 2 people | 17 | 1·26 | 0·99, 1·61 | 9 | 1·06 | 0·75, 1·50 | |
| 3 people | 24 | 1·67 | 1·30, 2·14 | 9 | 1·08 | 0·75, 1·54 | |
| ≥4 people | 23 | 1·44 | 1·12, 1·85 | 9 | 1·04 | 0·73, 1·49 | |
| Car ownership | Yes | 16 | 1·00 | Ref. | 5 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| No | 21 | 1·13 | 0·89, 1·42 | 9 | 1·45 | 0·99, 2·11 | |
| Home ownership | Yes | 18 | 1·00 | Ref. | 7 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| No | 20 | 1·43 | 1·08, 1·86 | 9 | 1·09 | 0·73, 1·64 | |
Ref., reference category.
*
A category listed at the top of each variable was used as a reference in logistic regression models for daily v. non-daily consumers of SSB and ASB. A category for missing information was included in each model, but not presented. Adjustment for missing data had little influence on the results.
†
Adjusted for age, sex, site (Cambridge, Ely, Wisbech) and all sociodemographic variables shown at the first column.