Association between socioeconomic factors and soft drink consumption among adults in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study

Sim, Samphors; Pisey, Vong; Dewey, Rebecca S.

Abstract

Background: Soft drinks are an attractive and popular drink, consumed by many people to fulfill their energy. However, soft drink consumption is an important risk factor for non-communicable diseases. This study aimed to investigate the association between socioeconomic factors and soft drink consumption among adults in Cambodia.
Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study with multi-stage random sampling was used to select 749 respondents from 12 communes across 5 districts in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia. A structured questionnaire was used to assess socioeconomic factors and soft drink consumption. Data were analyzed using bivariate and multivariable logistic regression. Crude odds ratios and adjusted odds ratios (AORs) with 95% confident intervals (CI) were calculated to show the strength of associations.
Results: The overall prevalence of soft drink consumption was 44.73% (95%CI: 41.16-48.30%) across the sample population. The final model of multiple logistic regression showed only four factors to be significantly associated with soft drink consumption: gender, age, family size and income. Respondents most likely to consume soft drinks were men (AOR: 1.49, 95%CI: 1.10-2.00; p=0.009), those aged 31-59 years (AOR: 1.93, 95%CI: 1.98-4.62; p

Citation

Sim, S., Pisey, V., & Dewey, R. S. (2020). Association between socioeconomic factors and soft drink consumption among adults in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study. F1000Research, 9, Article 708. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.24890.1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 7, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Jul 15, 2020
• Publication Date: Jul 15, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jul 20, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 20, 2020
• Journal: F1000Research
• Electronic ISSN: 2046-1402
• Publisher: F1000Research
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Article Number: 708
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.24890.1
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4773005
• Publisher URL: https://f1000research.com/articles/9-708/v1
• Additional Information: Referee status: Awaiting Peer Review; Grant Information: The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work; Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.