Table 3.

Association (OR with 95% CI) between pre-COVID-19 characteristics ¹ of the total study sample and the reported impact ² of the COVID-19 pandemic on seven nutrition behaviours.

	Difficulty Obtaining Groceries	Skipping Warm Meals	Eating Less than Normal	Eating too Little or Losing Weight	Snacking More	Drinking more Alcoholic Beverages	Gaining Weight
Determinants:
Age, year	1.02 (0.99–1.05)	1.00 (0.97–1.03)	0.98 (0.95–1.01)	1.04 (1.00–1.08)	0.95 (0.93–0.97)	0.95 (0.93–0.98)	0.94 (0.92–0.96)
Sex (women vs. men)	1.51 (0.99–1.05)	1.57 (0.92–2.67)	1.73 (1.08–2.78)	0.80 (0.44–1.45)	1.85 (1.35–2.53)	0.82 (0.55–1.22)	1.63 (1.19–2.23)
Region
West vs. other	1.37 (0.67–2.78)	1.38 (0.57–3.37)	1.41 (0.59–3.37)	0.77 (0.32–1.86)	0.97 (0.56–1.69)	0.92 (0.47–1.81)	0.97 (0.56–1.66)
North-east vs. other	0.90 (0.42–1.94)	0.73 (0.28–1.96)	0.90 (0.36–2.29)	0.59 (0.22–1.56)	0.91 (0.51–1.61)	0.89 (0.44–1.80)	0.70 (0.40–1.22)
South vs. other	0.90 (0.41–1.99)	1.50 (0.58–3.85)	2.20 (0.90–5.41)	0.92 (0.35–2.39)	0.97 (0.54–1.75)	0.79 (0.38–1.65)	0.61 (0.34–1.10)
Living situation
(alone vs. with others)	1.30 (0.85–1.99)	2.52 (1.51–4.20)	1.80 (1.12–2.87)	2.30 (1.28–4.13)	1.60 (1.15–2.24)	1.07 (0.68–1.68)	1.12 (0.79–1.59)
BMI category
Underweight vs. normal	1.57 (0.78–3.18)	1.06 (0.41–2.72)	0.80 (0.32–1.98)	4.01 (1.70–9.45)	0.36 (0.19–0.68)	0.30 (0.11–0.86)	0.20 (0.09–0.43)
Overweight vs. normal	0.80 (0.44–1.46)	1.30 (0.67–2.54)	1.53 (0.85–2.77)	1.04 (0.44–2.44)	1.43 (0.96–2.13)	1.60 (0.99–2.59)	1.85 (1.24–2.75)
Obesity vs. normal	1.45 (0.92–2.29)	1.14 (0.64–2.03)	1.46 (0.87–2.46)	1.88 (0.98–3.60)	1.27 (0.88–1.83)	1.12 (0.70–1.82)	1.98 (1.37–2.86)
Self-rated health
Good vs. excellent	1.58 (0.75–3.35)	1.80 (0.68–4.78)	1.36 (0.64–2.90)	0.59 (0.26–1.35)	1.10 (0.71–1.70)	1.42 (0.78–2.59	0.87 (0.57–1.33)
Fair to poor vs. excellent	2.52 (1.15–5.53)	2.50 (0.90–6.92)	1.84 (0.81–4.14)	0.70 (0.29–1.72)	1.76 (1.07–2.88)	2.20 (1.12–4.31)	1.33 (0.82–2.18)
Physical activity
(<150 vs. ≥150 min/weeks)	1.03 (0.68–1.57)	0.91 (0.55–1.52)	0.92 (0.58–1.45)	1.01 (0.56–1.83)	1.45 (1.06–1.99)	1.63 (1.06–2.49)	1.28 (0.93–1.75)
Functional limitations
1–2 vs. 0 limitations	2.88 (1.70–4.88)	2.53 (1.31–4.88)	1.76 (1.02–3.06)	3.48 (1.61–7.50)	1.79 (1.28–2.52)	1.10 (0.72–1.68)	1.20 (0.85–1.68)
3–7 vs. 0 limitations	4.14 (2.21–7.78)	3.81 (1.74–8.34)	2.98 (1.52–5.85)	3.65 (1.43–9.32)	1.71 (1.07–2.73)	0.66 (0.35–1.24)	0.97 (0.60–1.57)

OR = odds ratio, 95% CI = 95% confidence interval. Statistically significant associations are indicted in bold. ¹ Except for age: age during the COVID-19 questionnaire completion was used. ² Including impact frequency of ‘always’ and ‘sometimes.’