Table 4.
Odds ratio estimates of eating sweetened soft drinks, chips, chocolate and meat pies in other locations versus at home or versus at school/work, unadjusted and adjusted by age (continuous), sex, day of the week (weekdays vs. weekend), socio-economic status (eight categories), BMI (continuous), ethnic group (white or non-white), smoking status (smoker or non-smoker) and alcohol status (drinker or non-drinker).
| Unadjusted Odds Ratio | Adjusted Odds Ratio | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Location vs. Home | Other Location vs. School/Work | Other Location vs. Home | Other Location vs. School/Work | |||||
| Food | OR | 99% CI p-Value | OR | 99% CI p-Value | OR | 99% CI p-Value | OR | 99% CI p-Value |
| Sweetened soft drinks (N = 1678) | 2.78 | (2.07, 3.73) p < 0.0001 | 2.09 | (1.50, 2.93) p < 0.0001 | 2.79 | (2.08, 3.75) p < 0.0001 | 2.02 | (1.43, 2.84) p < 0.0001 |
| Chips (N = 664) | 2.81 | (2.17, 3.63) p < 0.0001 | 3.42 | (2.16, 5.40) p < 0.0001 | 2.82 | (2.17, 3.66) p < 0.0001 | 3.42 | (2.13, 5.50) p < 0.0001 |
| Chocolate (N = 574) | 2.49 | (1.81, 3.42) p < 0.0001 | 1.72 | (1.14, 2.60) p = 0.0007 | 2.56 | (1.85, 3.51) p < 0.0001 | 1.88 | (1.22, 2.91) p = 0.0002 |
| Meat pies (N = 124) | 2.61 | (1.42, 4.81) p < 0.0001 | 1.22 | (0.55, 2.71) p = 0.53 | 2.73 | (1.48, 5.06) p < 0.0001 | 1.28 | (0.53, 3.07) p = 0.47 |
The number of food entries per food out of total of 19,419 for complete case analysis are shown in brackets (N). Data are from the 2008–2012 NDNS-RP survey sample (n = 884 adolescents) [29].