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Table 2 Cereal foods consumed by Western Australian adults, Western Australian Nutrition Monitoring Survey Series (NMSS)

From: Consumer attitudes and misperceptions associated with trends in self-reported cereal foods consumption: cross-sectional study of Western Australian adults, 1995 to 2012

 

1995 % [CI]

1998 % [CI]

2001 % [CI]

2004 % [CI]

2009 % [CI]

2012 % [CI]

p valueb

Proportion consuming

 Bread (n = 7040)

88.4 [86.1,90.3]

87.2 [84.7,89.4]

82.9 [80.2,85.3]

78.5 [75.6,81.2]

75.9 [72.8,78.7]

70.4 [67.4,73.2]

<.001

 Breakfast cereal (n = 7043)

51.9 [48.4,55.3]

46.7 [43.4,50.0]

48 [44.6,51.4]

50.5 [47.1,53.9]

50.6 [47.3,53.9]

51.2 [48.0,54.3]

.36

 Rice (n = 7037)

22.7 [19.8,25.8]

21.3 [18.7,24.2]

22.0 [19.3,24.9]

25.2 [22.3,28.4]

27.5 [24.5,30.7]

25.7 [23.1,28.6]

.02

 Bread substitute (n = 7042)

21.6 [18.9,24.5]

21.1 [18.5,23.8]

20.4 [17.9,23.1]

24.1 [21.4,27.1]

21.7 [19.2,24.5]

21.7 [19.1,24.5]

.64

 Pasta (n = 7038)

19 [16.5,21.7]

22.5 [19.9,25.5]

25.2 [22.3,28.3]

22.1 [19.4,25.1]

20.3 [17.8,23.0]

19.1 [16.7,21.8]

.03

Main type of bread (consumers only, n = 5589)

<.001

 White

42.4 [38.8,46.1]

46.9 [43.3,50.4]

58 [54.4,61.5]

47.9 [44.1,51.7]

30.3 [27.0,33.9]

31.5 [28.1,35.1]

 

 Brown or wholemeal

28.9 [25.7,32.3]

23.4 [20.7,26.4]

15.7 [13.4,18.3]

22.9 [19.9,26.2]

26.4 [23.3,29.8]

24.2 [21.1,27.6]

 

 Multigrain or whole-grain

17.1 [14.5,20.0]

18.6 [16.1,21.4]

11.9 [9.8,14.4]

19.3 [16.5,22.4]

36.7 [33.1,40.4]

35.1 [31.6,38.8]

 

 White with extra fibre

8.8 [7.0,11.1]

8.7 [6.9,10.9]

8.4 [6.6,10.7]

5.6 [4.0,7.8]

2.7 [1.8,3.9]

6.0 [4.6,7.8]

 

 Other

2.8 [1.9,4.2]

2.4 [1.6,3.6]

6.1 [4.6,8.0]

4.3 [3.1,6.2]

3.9 [2.8,5.5]

3.2 [2.2,4.7]

 

Type of rice consumed (consumers only, n = 1511)

.46

 White

87.5 [82.2,91.4]

87.3 [82.0,91.2]

85.7 [79.4,90.4]

88.2 [82.6,92.2]

89.9 [86.0,92.8]

85.3 [80.5,89.1]

 

 Brown

12.5 [8.6,17.8]

11.5 [7.7,16.7]

11.7 [7.5,17.7]

10.5 [6.7,15.9]

8.3 [5.7,12.0]

13.2 [9.6,17.8]

 

 Both

0

1.2 [0.4,3.8]

2.6 [1.0,6.4]

1.3 [0.4,4.3]

1.8 [0.9,3.8]

1.5 [0.7,3.4]

 

Type of pasta consumed (consumers only, n = 1382)

.48

 Regular

91.9 [86.8,95.2]

91.7 [87.0,94.8]

95.3 [91.8,97.4]

96.5 [92.2,98.5]

92.7 [88.0,95.6]

90.7 [86.3,93.8]

 

 Wholemeal

6.5 [3.7,11.2]

7.3 [4.4,11.9]

3.2 [1.6,6.4]

3.3 [1.3,7.7]

6.4 [3.6,10.9]

7.8 [4.9,12.1]

 

 Both

1.6 [0.4,5.7]

1 [0.2,3.8]

1.4 [0.5,4.0]

0.2 [0.0,1.5]

1 [0.2,4.0]

1.5 [0.6,3.6]

 

Proportion consuming whole-grain cereals (brown bread, wholemeal bread, multigrain bread, whole-grain bread, brown rice, wholemeal pasta, n = 7044)

 No whole-grain cereals

51.1 [47.6,54.5]

54.6 [51.3,57.9]

65.6 [62.3,68.6]

53.0 [49.6,56.3]

38.2 [35.0,41.6]

37.2 [44.6,47.5]

<.001

 Any whole-grain cereals

42.5 [39.1,45.9]

39.0 [35.8,42.2]

25.6 [22.8,28.5]

34.4 [31.3, 37.6]

49.9 [42.6, 48.9]

45.7 [42.6, 48.9]

 

 Missing data

6.4 [5.8,8.2]

6.4 [4.9,8.3]

8.9 [7.1,11.0]

12.7 [10.6,15.0]

11.9 [10.0,14.0]

17.1 [14.8,19.6]

 

Amount consumed (among consumers) a

 Bread (slices), n = 5590

4.1 [3.7,4.4]

4.1 [4,4.3]

3.2 [3,3.4]

3.1 [3,3.2]

3.5 [2.1,4.8]

2.4 [2.3,2.5]

<.001

 Bread substitute (serve), n = 1600

2.4 [2.0,2.7]

2.7 [2.2,3.2]

3.2 [2.7,3.6]

3.6 [2.9,4.3]

3.7 [2.9,4.5]

3.6 [3.0,4.3]

<.001

 Rice (cups), n = 1768

1.5 [1.3,1.6]

1.4 [1.3,1.5]

1.4 [1.3,1.5]

1.3 [1.2,1.5]

1.1 [1.0,1.2]

1.1 [1.0,1.2]

<.001

 Pasta (cups), n = 1439

1.5 [1.4,1.7]

1.5 [1.4,1.7]

1.8 [1.6,2.0]

1.4 [1.3,1.6]

1.3 [1.2,1.4]

1.3 [1.2,1.4]

<.001

 Cereal (cups), n = 3552

1.9 [1.8,2.1]

1.9 [1.8,2]

2.1 [1.9,2.3]

2.0 [1.8,2.2]

1.8 [1.7,2]

1.8 [1.7,1.9]

.07

  1. Results are survey design-based percentage and except a in which results are mean. b P values were derived from survey design-based Pearson chi square test for comparisons for difference in prevalence, and Bonferroni test for difference in mean. “NA” data were not available. Among bread consumers, the median serve of bread consumed was 2 serves [interquartile range 2–4], with 2 [2, 3] of female, and 3 [2,3,4] of male. Among bread substitute consumers, the median serve of bread consumed was 2 serves [interquartile range 2–4], and the same with male and female