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. 2020 May 21;23(14):2637–2646. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020000075

Table 2.

Binary logistic regressions exploring the association between high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) marketing awareness and consumption of group 1 foods

Variable and reference categories Food and drink product types
Sugary drinks* Flavoured yoghurts* Sweets/chocolate* Cakes and biscuits* Fruit Vegetables Diet/sugar-free drinks Crisps* Desserts*
AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P
Age
 11–13 years Ref NS Ref <0·001 Ref 0·001 Ref <0·001 Ref <0·001 Ref NS Ref 0·011 Ref <0·001 Ref <0·001
 14–17 years (v. younger) 1·26 0·029 0·63 <0·001 0·76 0·010 0·81 0·035 0·71 0·005 0·97 NS 1·09 NS 0·67 <0·001 0·61 <0·001
 18–19 years (v. younger) 1·08 NS 0·42 <0·001 0·74 0·003 0·58 <0·001 0·63 <0·001 0·72 0·017 0·74 0·005 0·62 <0·001 0·53 <0·001
Gender
 Female Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Male 1·76 <0·001 1·14 NS 0·97 NS 1·12 NS 0·69 <0·001 0·83 NS 1·28 0·006 1·27 0·005 1·20 0·033
Ethnicity
 Other Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 White British 1·00 NS 1·24 NS 1·44 0·001 1·13 NS 0·84 NS 1·32 NS 1·43 0·004 1·55 <0·001 1·12 NS
Country
 England Ref 0·010 Ref NS Ref NS Ref NS Ref NS Ref 0·001 Ref NS Ref NS Ref <0·001
 Wales (v. England) 1·02 NS 0·89 NS 1·02 NS 0·85 NS 0·89 NS 0·52 0·002 0·74 NS 1·00 NS 0·78 NS
 Scotland (v. England) 1·38 0·016 0·88 NS 1·30 NS 1·14 NS 1·06 NS 0·59 0·003 1·13 NS 0·86 NS 0·54 <0·001
 North Ireland (v. England) 1·64 0·011 1·34 NS 1·09 NS 1·15 NS 1·04 NS 0·64 NS 1·07 NS 1·30 NS 0·34 <0·001
IMD
 1 Ref <0·001 Ref NS Ref NS Ref NS Ref NS Ref <0·001 Ref NS Ref 0·049 Ref NS
 2 (v. 1) 0·67 0·004 1·02 NS 1·37 0·028 1·36 0·027 1·21 NS 1·59 0·010 1·01 NS 0·97 NS 1·20 NS
 3 (v. 1, 2) 0·98 NS 0·94 NS 1·14 NS 1·20 NS 1·08 NS 1·41 0·030 0·94 NS 0·73 0·006 1·10 NS
 4 (v. 1, 2, 3) 0·64 <0·001 0·99 NS 0·99 NS 1·09 NS 1·18 NS 1·94 <0·001 1·02 NS 0·86 NS 1·19 NS
 5 (v. 1, 2, 3, 4) 0·75 0·014 0·90 NS 0·89 NS 0·93 NS 1·23 NS 2·33 <0·001 0·98 NS 0·99 NS 1·24 NS
Weight status
 Underweight Ref NS Ref NS Ref NS Ref 0·012 Ref 0·001 Ref <0·001 Ref <0·001 Ref NS Ref NS
 Healthy weight (v. underweight) 1·13 NS 1·01 NS 1·04 NS 0·70 0·003 0·98 NS 0·91 NS 1·54 0·001 0·94 NS 1·09 NS
 Overweight (v. underweight and healthy) 1·21 NS 1·30 0.046 0·97 NS 0·80 NS 0·75 0·032 0·80 NS 1·70 <0·001 0·96 NS 0·94 NS
 Obese (v. all other) 1·20 NS 0·71 NS 1·36 NS 0·78 NS 0·55 0·002 0·39 <0·001 3·46 <0·001 1·04 NS 1·02 NS
Marketing awareness
 Low Ref <0·001 Ref 0·005 Ref 0·026 Ref <0·001 Ref NS Ref NS Ref <0·001 Ref 0·006 Ref NS
 Medium (v. low) 1·79 0·001 1·35 NS 1·32 NS 1·51 0·012 1·17 NS 1·27 NS 1·39 NS 1·40 0·038 1·16 NS
 High (v. low and medium) 2·30 <0·001 1·48 0·010 1·48 0·010 1·77 <0·001 1·22 NS 0·95 NS 1·70 <0·001 1·51 0·004 1·39 0·021
 Not stated (v. all other) 0·93 NS 0·84 NS 1·02 NS 1·02 NS 0·93 NS 0·90 NS 0·91 NS 1·05 NS 0·94 NS

AOR, adjusted OR; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation; NS, not significant (P > 0.05).

Dependant variable for all models = high consumption (≥2 portions per week) v. low (≤1 portion); Hosmer–Lemeshow test for all models, P > 0·05; χ 2 test of coefficients for all models, P < 0·001.

*

HFSS products.

Non-HFSS products.

HFSS alternatives.

Cases with missing data on one or more variables excluded model-by-model, sugary drinks (n 895), flavoured yoghurts (n 911), sweets/chocolate (n 892), cake/biscuits (n 898), fruit (n 900), vegetables (n 899), diet/sugar-free drinks (n 927), crisps (n 892) and desserts (n 906).