Table 1.
Multiple regression of convenience food and sugar-sweetened soft drinks
| Ready meals | Fast food and takeaways | Confectionary | Soft drinks | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At least once a week (%) | OR | CI | At least once a week (%) | OR | CI | At least once a day (%) | OR | CI | At least once a day (%) | OR | CI | |
| Total | 49.9 | 16.0 | 17.4 | 40.4 | ||||||||
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male (n = 1604) | 55.6 | – | – | 19.3 | – | – | 42.0 | – | – | 20.3 | – | – |
| Female (n = 1690) | 44.4 | 0.603** | 0.519–0.700 | 12.9 | 0.602** | 0.489–0.741 | 39.0 | 0.936 | 0.807–1.086 | 14.7 | 0.644** | 0.526–0.788 |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| 18–24 (n = 283) | 61.1 | – | – | 27.6 | – | – | 49.1 | – | – | 23.0 | – | – |
| 25–34 (n = 631) | 54.5 | 0.780 | 0.573–1.062 | 26.3 | 1.052 | 0.743–1.491 | 45.2 | 0.835 | 0.631–1.152 | 23.3 | 1.103 | 0.755–1.612 |
| 35–44 (n = 571) | 56.6 | 0.802 | 0.584–1.101 | 21.2 | 0.728 | 0.504–1.053 | 43.5 | 0.795 | 0.584–1.083 | 22.4 | 0.979 | 0.662–1.448 |
| 45–54 (n = 562) | 54.4 | 0.736 | 0.533–1.014 | 14.9 | 0.460** | 0.310–0.683 | 38.1 | 0.653* | 0.476–0.895 | 20.5 | 0.795 | 0.530–1.190 |
| 55–64 (n = 510) | 45.5 | 0.480** | 0.347–0.664 | 9.4 | 0.269** | 0.174–0.415 | 32.9 | 0.521** | 0.377–0.720 | 10.4 | 0.368** | 0.235–0.578 |
| 65+ (n = 736) | 35.7 | 0.326** | 0.239–0.444 | 4.2 | 0.098* | 0.059–0.162 | 37.6 | 0.635* | 0.470–0.858 | 8.7 | 0.309** | 0.201–0.476 |
| Social grade | ||||||||||||
| AB (n = 725) | 47.2 | – | – | 13.1 | – | – | 41.6 | – | – | 14.9 | – | – |
| C1 (n = 988) | 49.4 | 0.972 | 0.789–1.198 | 18.1 | 1.175 | 0.872–1.583 | 43.0 | 1.009 | 0.820–1.241 | 16.3 | 0.892 | 0.664–1.197 |
| C2 (n = 494) | 54.3 | 1.359* | 1.063–1.738 | 19.0 | 1.681* | 1.195–2.364 | 41.5 | 1.012 | 0.793–1.292 | 19.0 | 1.266 | 0.906–1.769 |
| DE (n = 1087) | 50.1 | 1.198 | 0.975–1.471 | 14.6 | 1.237 | 0.913–1.677 | 36.8 | 0.869 | 0.708–1.067 | 19.3 | 1.370* | 1.034–1.816 |
| BMI | ||||||||||||
| Underweight (n = 85) | 49.4 | – | – | 16.5 | – | – | 35.3 | – | – | 23.5 | – | – |
| Normal weight (n = 1327) | 49.3 | 0.953 | 0.606–1.498 | 14.6 | 0.858 | 0.462–1.594 | 42.7 | 1.418 | 0.891–2.254 | 12.8 | 0.444* | 0.258–0.763 |
| Overweight (n = 944) | 46.9 | 0.910 | 0.574–1.442 | 14.8 | 1.096 | 0.583–2.060 | 39.5 | 1.321 | 0.823–2.118 | 15.4 | 0.612 | 0.353–1.063 |
| Obese (648) | 57.3 | 1.416 | 0.886–2.264 | 20.7 | 1.719 | 0.909–3.250 | 38.3 | 1.278 | 0.790–2.069 | 25.3 | 1.154 | 0.664–2.005 |
| Nation | ||||||||||||
| England (n = 2762) | 49.1 | – | – | 15.5 | – | – | 39.3 | – | – | 16.4 | – | – |
| Wales (n = 158) | 55.1 | 1.098 | 0.773–1.558 | 18.4 | 1.045 | 0.663–1.645 | 43.0 | 1.050 | 0.744–1.480 | 24.7 | 1.391 | 0.912–2.122 |
| Scotland (n = 280) | 52.1 | 1.025 | 0.787–1.336 | 16.1 | 0.910 | 0.632–1.309 | 48.2 | 1.438* | 1.110–1.863 | 21.1 | 1.278 | 0.919–1.777 |
| Northern Ireland (n = 92) | 56.5 | 1.261 | 0.805–1.975 | 26.1 | 1.796* | 1.066–3.025 | 46.7 | 1.311 | 0.848–2.025 | 23.9 | 1.617 | 0.957–2.733 |
SES: AB is managerial/professional roles, C1 supervisory and clerical roles, C2 skilled manual workers, DE semi-skilled, unskilled and unemployed.
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.005.