Table 5.

Multivariate analyses of background factors associated with emerging dietary patterns

	Energy-dense			Starchy roots &vegetable			Cereal-grains & poultry			Fish & seafood
Variables	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Age	−0.021	0.065	−0.015	0.138	0.065	0.097*	−0.13	0.067	−0.091	0.049	0.067	0.035
Sex	0.046	0.09	0.023	0.045	0.09	0.023	0.127	0.092	0.064	−0.126	0.093	0.063
Private school	0.153	0.104	0.075	−0.301	0.105	−0.147**	− 0.154	0.107	− 0.075	0.018	0.107	0.009
Overweight	0.246	0.119	0.094*	−0.189	0.119	−0.072	−0.099	0.122	−0.038	0.112	0.123	0.043
Household SESa	−0.229	0.065	−0.174***	0.064	0.065	0.049	0.046	0.067	0.035	0.022	0.067	0.017
R 2			0.067			0.058			0.008			0.006
F			6.868			5.868			1.783			0.578

B Beta coefficient, β standardized beta coefficient

*p < .05

**p < .01

***p < .001

^afrom rich towards poor SES groups