Dietary supplement use among lactating mothers following different dietary patterns – an online survey

Table 5 Relationships between dietary patterns and supplement intake, controlled for demographic variables and awareness of supplement recommendation

Independent variable	b	SE(b)	Wald	df	p	OR
Constant	-0.70	0.51	1.92	1	0.166	0.50
Age	0.02	0.02	2.41	1	0.121	1.02
Income^a	0.12	0.12	1.00	1	0.317	1.13
Education^b	0.33	0.12	7.64	1	0.006	1.40
First-time mother^c	0.25	0.12	4.13	1	0.042	1.29
Awareness^c	0.70	0.12	32.56	1	< 0.001	2.01
Vegetarian^c	0.94	0.15	38.07	1	< 0.001	2.57
Vegan^c	3.01	0.37	67.91	1	< 0.001	20.26

^a coded as 0 = income below median, 1 = income above median
^b coded as 0 = less than tertiary education, 1 = tertiary education
^c coded as 0 = no, 1 = yes; for categorical variables, 0 was set as the reference group

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