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. 2018 Jul 24;15:71. doi: 10.1186/s12966-018-0699-8

Table 5.

Additive interaction between quartiles of fast-food outlet proportion and household income on the odds of frequent processed meat consumptiona (more than once per week), modelled using a binomial logistic regression model in the Greater London UK Biobank sample, UK (n = 51,090)

Quartiles of fast-food outlet proportionb Fast-food outlet exposure (Q4) within household income strata
Q1 (0–13%) Q2 (13–17%) Q3 (17–24%) Q4 (24–45%)
Household Income (£/year) More than once/once or less (n) OR (95% CI) More than once/once or less (n) OR (95% CI) More than once/once or less (n) OR (95% CI) More than once/once or less (n) OR (95% CI)
>  100,000 653/1756 ref c 401/1103 0.95 (0.82, 1.10);
P = 0.495d
253/623 1.06 (0.89, 1.27);
P = 0.502d
177/414 1.11 (0.90, 1.37);
P = 0.335d
1.19 (0.93, 1.54)
P = 0.158e
52,000–100,000 782/2274 0.98 (0.86, 1.11);
P = 0.742d
860/2172 1.13 (1.00, 1.29);
P = 0.047d
788/1769 1.22 (1.07, 1.39);
P = 0.003d
790/1622 1.34 (1.17, 1.54);
P < 0.001d
1.39 (1.20, 1.62)
P < 0.001e
31,000–51,999 593/1798 1.06 (0.92, 1.21);
P = 0.418d
695/1960 1.12 (0.99, 1.28);
P = 0.079d
785/1963 1.25 (1.10, 1.42);
P = 0.001d
902/1975 1.41 (1.24, 1.61);
P < 0.001d
1.31 (1.12, 1.54)
P = 0.001e
<  31,000 842/2526 1.17 (1.03, 1.33);
P = 0.015d
1036/2799 1.29 (1.14, 1.46);
P < 0.001d
1277/3253 1.38 (1.22, 1.55);
P < 0.001d
1423/3350 1.46 (1.29, 1.65);
P < 0.001d
1.29 (1.13, 1.46)
P < 0.001e
Household income (< £31,000/year) within takeaway exposure strata 1.11 (0.97, 1.28)
P = 0.117f
1.27 (1.09, 1.48)
P = 0.002f
1.30 (1.09, 1.56)
P = 0.003f
1.45 (1.18, 1.78)
P < 0.001f

Measure of interaction (fast-food exposure*household income with odds of processed meat consumption) on a multiplicative scale based on a likelihood ratio test, P = 0.725 | Measure of interaction on an additive scale for Q4 fast-food exposure and household income < £31,000 (RERI) = 0.18. RERI scores > 0 suggest positive interaction and departure from additivity | ORs are adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity smoking status, number in household, highest education attainment, UK Biobank assessment centre attended, and the sum of counts of Supermarkets, Restaurants, Convenience stores, Cafes and Specialist Stores within 1 mile Euclidean (straight line) radius buffers of home address | a Includes bacon, ham, sausages, meat pies, kebabs, burgers, chicken nuggets | b Q1 = quartile with lowest fast-food outlet proportion in home neighbourhood (min – max %) – Q4 = quartile with greatest fast-food outlet proportion in home neighbourhood (% range) | c Single reference group; those exposed to the highest proportion of fast-food outlets and with the highest household income | d ORs and p values relative to single reference group (ref) | e ORs and P values relative to those who were least exposed to fast-food outlets within strata of household income | f ORs and P values relative to those with the highest household incomes within strata of fast-food outlet exposure