Household food insecurity, diet, and weight status in a disadvantaged district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Associations between food insecurity and dietary intakes among households in District Eight, HCMC (n = 250)

		Food security status
Dietary intakes	Total sample (%)	Food insecure(%)	Food secure(%)	p-value**	OR (95% CI)
Fruit intake				0.02^*
Less than everyday	49.2	36.0	9.1		2.2 (1.31 - 4.22)
Everyday	50.8	64.0	90.9		1.00
Vegetable				0.17
Less than everyday	14.4	18.6	12.2
Everyday	85.6	81.4	87.8
Processed meat				0.04*
Yes	18.4	11.6	21.9		1.00
No	81.6	88.4	78.1		1.88 (0.87 - 4.03)
Red meat (pork, beef)				0.91
Yes	86.4	86.1	86.6
No	13.6	14.0	13.4
Fresh chicken and other poultry				0.00^*
Yes	61.2	50.0	67.1		1.00
No	38.8	50.0	33.0		1.18 (0.65 -2.15)
Fish and other seafood				0.19
Yes	81.6	86.1	79.3
No	18.4	14.0	20.7
Sweet sticky rice				0.76
Yes	26.8	27.9	26.2
No	73.2	72.1	73.8
Cakes				0.88
Yes	20.4	79.1	79.9
No	79.6	20.9	20.1
Fried chicken and potato chips				0.10
Yes	7.2	3.5	9.1
No	92.8	96.5	90.8
Hamburger				0.77
Yes	5.2	4.7	5.5
No	94.8	95.4	94.5
Pizzas				0.75
Yes	5.2	5.8	4.9
No	94.8	94.2	95.1
Soft drinks				0.50
Yes	34.4	37.2	32.9
No	65.6	62.8	67.1
Beer				0.21
Yes	23.2	18.6	25.6
No	76.8	81.4	74.4
Alcohol				0.39
Yes	10.4	8.1	11.6
No	89.6	91.9	88.4

^*Significant at p < 0.05.
**P-value for chi-square (difference between food secure and food insecure households).

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