Consumption of low nutritive value foods and cardiometabolic risk factors among French-speaking adults from Quebec, Canada: the PREDISE study

Table 3 Multivariable least square means of low nutritive value foods intakes in 1147 French-speaking adults from 5 administrative regions of the Province of Quebec, Canada

Sociodemographic characteristics	n (weighted)	Intake of low nutritive value foods, mean (95%CI)
Sociodemographic characteristics	n (weighted)	Kcal/d	% of total energy
All
All	1147	723 (697–749)	29.0 (28.2–29.7)
Sex
Men	571	838 (792–884) ^a	30.7 (29.3–32.2) ^a
Women	576	572 (537–608) ^b	27.5 (26.2–28.9) ^b
P		< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Age group, y
18–34	408	799 (749–849) ^a	31.2 (29.6–32.8) ^a
35–49	338	694 (644–743) ^b	28.3 (26.6–30.1) ^b
50–65	400	622 (582–663) ^c	27.8 (26.4–29.3) ^b
P		< 0.0001	0.0004
BMI group^a
Normal (< 25.0)	453	611 (569–653) ^a	27.6 (26.1–29.2) ^a
Overweight (25.0–29.9)	383	694 (647–742) ^b	29.1 (27.5–30.7) ^a,b
Obese (≥30.0)	312	810 (759–861) ^c	30.6 (29.0–32.3) ^b
P		< 0.0001	0.006
Education^a
High school or no diploma	284	734 (683–786)	30.2 (28.4–31.9) ^a
CEGEP ^b	353	712 (666–759)	29.5 (28.0–31.1) ^a,b
University	510	669 (624–713)	27.7 (26.1–29.3) ^b
P		0.06	0.03
Household income^a, $CAD
< 30, 000	192	731 (663–798) ^a,b	29.6 (27.5–31.7)
≥ 30, 000 to < 60, 000	328	705 (657–752) ^a,b	28.7 (27.1–30.3)
≥ 60, 000 to < 90, 000	227	652 (603–701) ^a	27.9 (26.1–29.7)
≥ 90, 000	400	733 (688–778) ^b	30.3 (28.8–31.8)
P		0.02	0.07

All values are mean (95%CI). P-values are the partial effect of the sociodemographic characteristics on intake in the linear models. Except for the “all” estimates, subgroup least square means are adjusted for age group, sex, administrative region, BMI group, education and household income level, reporting status and the number of weekend recalls, when appropriate. Subgroups least square means without a common superscript letter indicate a low p-value (P < 0.05, Tukey-Kramer). Rounding of weighted frequencies may have caused sample size to equal 1147 ± 1
BMI body mass index, CI confidence intervals
^a Missing characteristics have been imputed. See Material and methods for details
^b CEGEP is a pre-university and technical college institution specific to the Quebec educational system

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