Table 5.
Achieving intake frequency above the median for fruit, vegetables and fruit juice among food insecure adults†
Fruit (n 2551) | Vegetable (n 2551) | Fruit juice (n 2551) | ||||
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Adjusted OR | 95 % CI | Adjusted OR | 95 % CI | Adjusted OR | 95 % CI | |
Overall | ||||||
Food secure | REF | REF | REF | |||
Food insecure | 0·59*** | 0·47, 0·74 | 0·68** | 0·54, 0·86 | 1·39** | 1·10, 1·75 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | N/A | 0·86 | 0·62, 1·20 | 1·15 | 0·83, 1·60 | |
Female | 0·53*** | 0·39, 0·73 | 1·66** | 1·21, 2·28 | ||
Ethnicity | ||||||
White British | N/A | N/A | 1·50** | 1·16, 1·93 | ||
White other | 1·55 | 0·53, 4·51 | ||||
Mixed | 0·74 | 0·20, 2·75 | ||||
Asian | 1·18 | 0·44, 3·18 | ||||
Black | 0·11* | 0·02, 0·62 | ||||
Other & unknown | 4·20 | 0·60, 29·16 | ||||
Age groups | ||||||
18–24 | 0·55* | 0·31, 0·96 | 0·61 | 0·34, 1·11 | N/A | |
25–30 | 0·62** | 0·45, 0·85 | 1·02 | 0·74, 1·41 | ||
31–39 | 0·51** | 0·31, 0·86 | 0·59* | 0·36, 0·98 | ||
40–49 | 0·70 | 0·42, 1·17 | 0·83 | 0·50, 1·38 | ||
50–59 | 0·39** | 0·21, 0·75 | 0·35** | 0·17, 0·71 | ||
60–64 | 0·62 | 0·19, 2·00 | 0·56 | 0·17, 1·83 | ||
Household composition | ||||||
No other adults, no children | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
Other adults, no children | ||||||
No other adults, with children | ||||||
Other adults, with children |
N/A, not applicable because no significant interaction was detected.
Logistic regression models mutually adjusted for sex, age, ethnicity and household composition.
* P ≤ 0·05, **P ≤ 0·01, ***P ≤ 0·001.