Table 3.

Estimated odds ratios, standard errors, p-values for predictors of latent growth trajectories, in reference to the normative trajectory (LT5: no change in eating), N = 22,374.

	LT1: Persistently eating less vs reference			LT2: Decreasingly eating more vs reference			LT3: Persistently eating more vs reference			LT4: Increasingly eating more vs reference
Predictors week starting 28th March	OR	SE	p	OR	SE	p	OR	SE	p	OR	SE	p
Women (ref men)	1.31	0.13	0.01	1.82	0.17	<0.01	1.71	0.13	<0.01	1.74	0.24	<0.01
18–29 yrs vs 60+ yrs	1.84	0.37	0.02	2.27	0.42	<0.01	1.33	0.20	0.09	0.62	0.18	0.03
30–45 yrs vs 60+ yrs	1.17	0.15	0.26	2.02	0.25	<0.01	1.57	0.16	<0.01	1.29	0.22	0.19
46–59 yrs vs 60+ yrs	1.20	0.14	0.15	1.68	0.19	<0.01	1.24	0.11	0.03	1.11	0.17	0.54
Low Income <30k, vs higher income	0.93	0.11	0.51	0.78	0.08	0.01	0.79	0.06	<0.01	0.73	0.09	<0.01
A-levels or equivalent vs GCSE or below	0.87	0.13	0.30	0.86	0.10	0.18	0.95	0.09	0.58	0.90	0.15	0.49
Degree or above vs GCSE or below	0.64	0.10	<0.01	0.80	0.09	0.02	0.77	0.07	<0.01	0.88	0.14	0.39
Ethnic minority (ref white)	1.45	0.28	0.10	0.96	0.17	0.83	0.98	0.16	0.91	1.26	0.35	0.45
Diagnosed mental illness	1.13	0.13	0.30	0.75	0.09	0.01	0.97	0.09	0.74	0.95	0.13	0.70
Diagnosed long-term health condition	1.12	0.10	0.24	0.93	0.08	0.35	0.91	0.06	0.18	1.19	0.15	0.21
Living without partner vs living with partner	1.59	0.25	0.02	1.00	0.19	0.98	1.05	0.15	0.73	1.12	0.25	0.64
Single vs living with partner	1.61	0.20	<0.01	0.78	0.10	0.03	0.81	0.09	0.03	1.15	0.18	0.41
Divorced or widowed vs living with partner	1.72	0.23	<0.01	1.10	0.14	0.47	1.05	0.11	0.66	1.68	0.35	0.05
1 or more adverse life events vs no adverse life events	1.69	0.16	<0.01	1.04	0.09	0.63	1.08	0.08	0.32	1.29	0.15	0.06
Loneliness score	1.05	0.03	0.08	1.02	0.03	0.45	1.07	0.02	<0.01	1.02	0.04	0.66
Low perceived social support (sum score ≤18, referent high)	1.28	0.16	0.07	1.12	0.12	0.32	1.11	0.10	0.25	1.25	0.19	0.18
General anxiety (GAD-7)	0.99	0.01	0.64	0.98	0.01	0.09	0.97	0.01	<0.01	1.03	0.02	0.19
Depressive symptoms (PHQ-9)	1.11	0.02	<0.01	1.10	0.01	<0.01	1.13	0.01	<0.01	1.09	0.02	<0.01
Worried about getting food	1.10	0.10	0.31	1.02	0.08	0.79	1.03	0.08	0.67	1.01	0.12	0.96
Worried about getting COVID-19	0.95	0.09	0.56	0.99	0.09	0.87	0.88	0.07	0.11	0.87	0.11	0.24
Worried about getting ill	1.18	0.12	0.14	1.03	0.10	0.75	1.36	0.11	<0.01	1.11	0.13	0.42

Abbreviations: OR = odds radio; SE= Standard error; BAME= Black Asian Minority English; GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder assessment, PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire.