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Table 5 Adjusted associations between individuals’ home food preparation skills and behaviours and percentage of dietary energy from ultra-processed foods (n = 509)*

From: Association between home food preparation skills and behaviour, and consumption of ultra-processed foods: Cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet and nutrition survey (2008–2009)

Variable

Adjusted regression coefficient (95% confidence intervals)

Confident with all 8 techniques

Confident with all 10 foods

Can bake cake or biscuits without help

Cook main meal 5+ time per week

Home food preparation skill or behaviour

−1.56 (−3.87 to 0.75)

−3.76 (−6.02 to −1.50)

−3.87 (−6.62 to −1.12)

−2.84 (−5.43 to −0.24)

Sex

1.31 (−0.99 to 3.62)

1.51 (−0.77 to 3.79)

2.71 (0.20 to 5.22)

2.09 (−0.36 to 4.53)

Age

−0.16 (−0.24 to −0.09)

−0.16 (−0.23 to −0.09)

−0.17 (−0.24 to −0.09)

−0.16 (−0.23 to −0.09)

Other adults in household

0.45 (−2.07 to 2.97)

0.50 (−1.99 to 3.00)

0.46 (−2.05 to 2.97)

0.18 (02.35 to 2.70)

Children in household

0.54 (−2.18 to 3.26)

0.25 (−2.43 to 2.92)

0.64 (−2.05 to 3.33)

0.31 (−2.39 to 3.00)

NS-SEC (intermediate vs managerial & professional)

−1.05 (−4.11 to 2.02)

−1.20 (−4.24 to 1.84)

−1.25 (−4.30 to 1.80)

−0.83 (−3.89 to 2.23)

NS-SEC (routine & manual vs managerial & professional)

1.52 (−1.02 to 4.07)

1.06 (−1.46 to 3.59)

1.63 (−0.87 to 4.13)

1.85 (−0.63 to 4.35)

  1. NS-SEC National Statistics Socio-economic Classification
  2. *Each column represents a separate model with adjustment for all variables listed