Table 4

Odds ratios (95% CI) for ⩾3 kg weight gain within the past 5 years

Quintiles of daily food consumption costs (€/1000 kcal)
1 (lowest) (n = 3440)2 (n = 3439)3 (n = 3440)4 (n = 3438)5 (n = 3440)p for trend
Cost of daily food consumption (€/1000 kcal, median)2.22.73.03.44.1
Cases10731135104110661004
Crude OR (95% CI)1 (Ref.)1.09 (0.98 to 1.20)0.96 (0.86 to 1.06)0.99 (0.90 to 1.10)0.91 (0.82 to 1.01)0.013
Age- and sex-adjusted (95% CI)1 (Ref.)1.11 (1.00 to 1.23)1.00 (0.89 to 1.10)1.04 (0.94 to 1.15)0.97 (0.88 to 1.08)0.303
Multivariate*-adjusted (95% CI)1 (Ref.)1.13 (1.02 to 1.26)1.06 (0.95 to 1.19)1.14 (1.01 to 1.29)1.13 (0.99 to 1.29)0.146
  • *The model included age (years), sex, total energy intake (kcal/day), leisure time physical activity (MET-h/week), smoking status (non-smoker, smoker, former smoker), snacking (no, yes), alcohol (% energy/day), sedentary time (h/day), years of education (three categories), marital status, employment and scores for the Mediterranean and Western dietary patterns.