Men | Slope (p value) | Women | Slope (p value) | |||||||
Proportion (%) (95% CI) | Proportion (%) (95% CI) | |||||||||
1995 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 1995 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | |||
Low fruit/vegetables* | ||||||||||
All | – | – | 76.5 (74.8 to 78.2) | 76.8 (74.9 to 78.7) | 0.06 | – | – | 73.1 (71.4 to 74.8) | 71.2 (69.2 to 73.2) | −0.37 |
Level 3 | – | – | 65.2 (61.6 to 68.7) | 66.1 (62.2 to 70.0) | 0.18 | – | – | 61.1 (57.6 to 64.60) | 60.0 (56.3 to 63.8) | −0.21 |
Level 2 | – | – | 74.2 (69.9 to 78.5) | 74.8 (71.0 to 78.7) | 0.13 | – | – | 70.4 (66.3 to 74.5) | 69.0 (64.8 to 73.1) | −0.29 |
Level 1 | – | – | 82.4 (79.6 to 85.2) | 83.6 (80.3 to 86.8) | 0.24 | – | – | 76.8 (73.6 to 79.9) | 79.0 (75.5 to 82.4) | 0.44 |
No qualifications | – | – | 86.8 (83.1 to 90.5) | 91.3 (88.4 to 94.1) | 0.89 | – | – | 87.6 (84.6 to 90.6) | 83.9 (78.7 to 89.1) | −0.74 |
SII (p value) | 29.9 (0.01) | 32.5 (0.001) | 0.54 | 34.3 (0.005) | 32.8 (0.003) | −0.29 | ||||
High salt use | ||||||||||
All | 37.8 (36.1 to 39.5) | 36.4 (34.8 to 38.1) | 29.5 (27.7 to 31.2) | 21.5 (18.5 to 24.5) | −1.29 (0.01) | 25.7 (24.2 to 27.2) | 26.1 (24.6 to 27.6) | 19.4 (18.0 to 20.9) | 15.4 (12.8 to 18.0) | −0.88 (0.03) |
Level 3 | 24.1 (20.4 to 27.8) | 18.9 (15.9 to 22.0) | 18.6 (15.7 to 21.4) | 14.4 (9.3 to 19.6) | −0.64 (0.07) | 17.0 (14.8 to 19.3) | 17.7 (15.4 to 20.1) | 9.4 (7.3 to 11.5) | 8.9 (5.4 to 12.4) | −0.76 (0.09) |
Level 2 | 30.1 (26.5 to 33.7) | 30.7 (27.3 to 34.1) | 26.2 (22.2 to 30.3) | 17.6 (12.1 to 23.1) | −0.99 (0.06) | 13.6 (10.1 to 17.1) | 22.9 (17.8 to 27.9) | 13.7 (10.8 to 16.6) | 11.0 (6.4 to 15.7) | −0.47 (0.49) |
Level 1 | 43.3 (40.2 to 46.3) | 43.8 (40.6 to 46.9) | 35.3 (32.0 to 38.6) | 26.6 (20.8 to 32.3) | −1.37 (0.03) | 29.0 (25.7 to 32.3) | 26.9 (23.7 to 30.0) | 23.0 (20.1 to 26.0) | 19.1 (13.9 to 24.2) | −0.77 (<0.001) |
No qualifications | 46.6 (43.1 to 50.1) | 51.1 (47.4 to 54.9) | 35.2 (30.8 to 39.7) | 38.8 (27.3 to 50.4) | −0.92 (0.27) | 35.0 (32.1 to 37.8) | 35.6 (32.5 to 38.7) | 34.3 (30.0 to 38.5) | 25.6 (16.1 to 35.1) | −0.70 (0.15) |
SII (p value) | 30.4 (0.04) | 42.0 (0.01) | 24.4 (0.06) | 30.4 (0.03) | −0.48 (0.63) | 28.6 (0.06) | 26.0 (0.004) | 33.1 (0.02) | 21.7 (0.03) | −0.32 (0.62) |
Educational qualification categories: Level 3, degree level or above; Level 2, intermediate; Level 1, statutory school leaving; no qualifications.
High salt use, at the table generally add salt to food without tasting it first; low fruit/vegetables, fewer than five portions per week; SII, slope index of inequality.
* Time trend was not evaluated, as there were only two time points.