Table 4 Means (s.d.) of factor scores and R2 by categories of women's characteristics
Factors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vegetable | Fruit and salad | Traditional Australian | Meat | |
Country of birth | ||||
Australia/New Zealand | 0.12 (0.88) | −0.11 (0.81) | 0.29 (0.77) | −0.14 (0.75) |
The United Kingdom | 0.14 (0.89) | −0.05 (0.87) | 0.07 (0.71) | −0.09 (0.77) |
Italy | −0.66 (0.75) | 0.35 (1.16) | −0.91 (0.57) | 0.17 (0.88) |
Greece | −0.19 (1.15) | 0.43 (1.14) | −1.12 (0.67) | 0.94 (1.25) |
R 2 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.34 | 0.13 |
HRT | ||||
Never user | −0.04 (0.94) | 0.01 (0.93) | −0.03 (0.92) | 0.04 (0.91) |
Past user | 0.11 (0.91) | −0.03 (0.83) | 0.11 (0.88) | −0.08 (0.80) |
Current user | 0.13 (0.87) | −0.03 (0.91) | 0.09 (0.80) | −0.15 (0.77) |
R 2 | 0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.01 |
Alcohol consumption | ||||
Lifetime abstainers | −0.05 (1.01) | 0.08 (0.99) | −0.04 (1.03) | 0.10 (0.99) |
Ex-drinkers | 0.04 (0.96) | 0.01 (0.98) | −0.02 (0.93) | −0.09 (0.90) |
1–19 g per day | 0.03 (0.90) | −0.02 (0.88) | 0.06 (0.82) | −0.07 (0.80) |
20 g per day or more | 0.03 (0.77) | −0.17 (0.78) | −0.09 (0.73) | 0.00 (0.81) |
R 2 | <0.01 | 0.01 | <0.01 | 0.01 |
Level of education | ||||
⩽Primary school | −0.41 (0.98) | 0.27 (1.06) | −0.82 (0.84) | 0.48 (1.15) |
Some high/technical school | 0.05 (0.93) | −0.12 (0.86) | 0.30 (0.82) | −0.06 (0.80) |
Completed high/technical school | 0.11 (0.85) | −0.05 (0.88) | 0.13 (0.81) | −0.10 (0.77) |
Degree/diploma | 0.18 (0.84) | 0.04 (0.90) | 0.01 (0.72) | −0.22 (0.69) |
R 2 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.07 |
BMI | ||||
<25 kg m–2 | 0.09 (0.88) | −0.04 (0.87) | 0.13 (0.81) | −0.17 (0.77) |
25–29 kg m–2 | −0.03 (0.93) | 0.01 (0.95) | −0.03 (0.91) | 0.05 (0.89) |
30 kg m–2 or more | −0.13 (1.01) | 0.07 (0.97) | −0.22 (1.00) | 0.27 (1.00) |
R 2 | 0.01 | <0.01 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
Total energy intake | ||||
I tertile | −0.37 (0.69) | −0.27 (0.62) | −0.34 (0.66) | −0.37 (0.55) |
II tertile | 0.00 (0.78) | −0.02 (0.83) | −0.02 (0.81) | −0.06 (0.69) |
III tertile | 0.37 (1.11) | 0.29 (1.15) | 0.36 (1.05) | 0.43 (1.11) |
R 2 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.19 |
