Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the sample across sex-specific quintiles of the proportion of organic food in the diet, NutriNet-Santé study, 2014–2019, N = 33,256^*

N

6650

6652

6652

6652

6650

 Women

≤0.04

> 0.04–0.17

> 0.17–0.32

> 0.32–0.56

> 0.56

 Men

≤0.01

0.01–0.12

0.12–0.26

0.26–0.5

> 0.50

 Female (%)

76.33

76.32

76.32

76.32

76.33

–

Age (years)

52.7 (14.9)

52.5 (14.3)

53.3 (13.8)

53.8 (13.5)

53.7 (13.3)

< 0·0001

Education (%)

< 0·0001

  < High school diploma

25.1

19.3

20.7

19.3

17.8

 High school diploma

16.6

15.3

13.8

13.6

13.9

 Post-secondary graduate

58.3

65.4

65.5

67.2

68.4

Monthly income per unit household unit in € (%)

< 0·0001

 Missing

6.74

5.97

6.21

6.06

6.32

  < 1200

14.81

10.96

10.37

9.86

11.94

 1200–1800

25.13

22.81

22.49

21.83

22.74

 1800–2700

25.5

27.6

27.27

28.16

27.53

  > 2700

27.82

32.67

33.66

34.1

31.47

Occupational categories (%)

< 0·0001

 Non-employed

4.41

3.76

3.97

3.85

4.87

 Retired

35.97

33.51

35.24

36.35

34.56

 Employee/Manual worker

19.23

16.07

14

11.91

12.6

 Intermediate profession

14.17

15.81

16.15

15.94

14.27

 Managerial staff

16.57

22.34

22.96

22.91

23.31

 Never employed

7.97

7.07

6.1

7.13

7.62

 Craftsman, shopkeeper, business owner, and farmer

1.68

1.44

1.59

1.92

2.77

Cohabiting (%)

86.36

86.64

88.05

88.08

86.96

0.04

Tobacco status (%)

0.64

 Former smoker

38.78

39.13

39.37

40.83

40.6

 Current smoker

12.8

11.68

11.79

9.89

9.2

 Never smoker

48.42

49.19

48.84

49.28

50.2

Physical activity (%)

< 0·0001

 Missing

23.16

21.2

20.11

19.35

16.19

 Low

25.08

22.34

19.69

17.61

15.29

 Medium

18.4

20.25

20.76

20.44

20.16

 High

17.81

17.99

19.31

21.11

23.77

Energy intake (kcal/d)

1965 (648)

1980 (618)

1995 (611)

2022 (635)

2011 (618)

< 0·0001

% Carbohydrates

39.73 (7.72)

39.43 (7.38)

39.68 (7.37)

39.45 (7.27)

40.25 (7.82)

0.0003

% Lipids

40.29 (7.17)

40.77 (6.92)

40.87 (6.84)

41.59 (6.85)

42.38 (7.62)

0·0017

% Proteins

19.58 (3.82)

19.40 (3.49)

19.05 (3.50)

18.58 (3.52)

17.00 (3.51)

< 0·0001

Alcohol consumption (g/d)

8.54 (14.31)

8.65 (12.41)

8.62 (11.91)

8.58 (11.73)

7.41 (10.53)

< 0·0001

sPNNS-GS2

1.83 (3.48)

2.16 (3.40)

2.60 (3.30)

2.99 (3.29)

4.29 (3.03)

< 0·0001

Body mass index (kg/m²)

24.77 (4.86)

24.25 (4.65)

24.11 (4.36)

23.84 (4.24)

22.97 (3.89)

< 0·0001

Family history of T2D

18.45

17.51

16.58

16.37

16.75

0.002

History of hypertension

17.98

16.27

15.53

14.51

10.75

< 0·0001

History of dyslipidemia

19.85

18.72

18.64

18.13

13.31

< 0·0001