Table 5.

The likelihood of achieving dietary recommendations according to dental status

		Meeting recommendation		Unadjusted			Adjustedb
Dietary recommendation	Dental status	n	%	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Fruit and vegetables (5 portions daily)a	DEN	189	41.4	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	99	32.5	0.68	0.50, 0.92	0.012	0.78	0.56, 1.07	0.123
	E-DEN	56	19.2	0.34	0.24, 0.47	< 0.001	0.51	0.35, 0.75	0.001
Red and processed meat (≤70 g daily)	DEN	283	62.1	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	180	59.0	0.88	0.65, 1.18	0.399	0.81	0.59, 1.11	0.194
	E-DEN	171	58.6	0.86	0.64, 1.17	0.339	0.79	0.56, 1.11	0.168
Oily fish (140 g per week)	DEN	148	32.5	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	75	24.6	0.68	0.49, 0.94	0.020	0.73	0.52, 1.03	0.072
	E-DEN	41	14.0	0.34	0.23, 0.50	< 0.001	0.44	0.29, 0.67	< 0.001
NSP (18 g daily)	DEN	88	19.3	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	D-DEN	49	16.1	0.80	0.55, 1.18	0.256	0.97	0.63, 1.50	0.904
	E-DEN	23	7.9	0.36	0.22, 0.58	< 0.001	0.55	0.31, 0.97	0.039

NSP, non-starch polysaccharides. ^aOne portion is 80g. Data analysed using logistic regression. Data presented as unadjusted and adjusted OR (95% CI). DEN group was fixed as the reference category in each model. ^bAdjusted for age, gender, SES (low, med & high), living status (living alone or not living alone), energy intake (kJ/d), survey year, smoking status (current smoker, past regular smoker & never smoked)