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Table 1 General characteristics of participants across the tertiles of FQS

From: The association of food quality index with mental health in women: a cross-sectional study

Variable

FQS tertiles

P valuea

Total

(N = 457)

T1

≤72

(n = 167)

T2

72 < to 84

(n = 160)

T3

≥84

(n = 130)

Age(year)

31.40 ± 7.47a

29.53 ± 6.99

31.98 ± 7.63

33.09 ± 7.39

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

23.92 ± 3.94

23.6 ± 4.31

23.66 ± 3.83

24.61 ± 3.50

0.060

Weight(kg)

62.96 ± 10.50

62.58 ± 11.53

62.34 ± 10.30

64.21 ± 9.26

0.270

Physical activity (Met.h/d)

39.85 ± 6.60

39.06 ± 7.35

40.06 ± 5.48

40.61 ± 6.76

0.117

Sleeping time(hrs)

7.81 ± 1.53

7.94 ± 1.52

7.73 ± 1.53

7.73 ± 1.52

0.376

Out time(hrs)

6.25 ± 3.73

6.57 ± 3.67

6.05 ± 3.76

6.10 ± 3.79

0.393

Socioeconomic status (n (%))

 Low

142 (31)

50 (35)

53 (37)

39 (28)

0.897

 Medium

178 (39)

69 (39)

63 (35)

46 (26)

 High

137 (30)

48 (35)

44 (32)

45 (33)

 Overweight or obesity (n (%))

157 (34)

51(32)

54 (34)

52 (34)

0.230

Marital status (n (%))

 Single

187 (40)

73 (39)

65 (35)

49 (26)

0.576

 Married

270 (60)

94 (35)

95 (35)

81 (30)

Education status (n (%))

 ≤Diploma

148 (33)

48 (32)

59 (40)

41 (28)

0.283

 >Diploma

309 (67)

119 (38)

101 (33)

89 (29)

Head of household education (n (%))

 ≤Diploma

234 (51)

82 (35)

84 (36)

68 (29)

0.792

 >Diploma

223 (49)

85 (38)

76 (34)

62 (28)

Supplement use (n (%))

 Yes

169 (37)

61 (36)

62 (37)

46 (27)

0.830

 No

288 (63)

106 (37)

98 (34)

84 (29)

Drug use (n (%))

 Yes

36 (8)

16 (44)

9 (25)

11 (31)

0.397

 No

421 (92)

151 (36)

151 (36)

119 (28)

Family history of chronic disease (n (%))

 Yes

245 (54)

97 (40)

84 (34)

64 (26)

0.297

 No

212 (46)

70 (33)

76 (36)

66 (31)

Body size satisfaction (n (%))

 Yes

317 (69)

109 (34)

114 (36)

94 (30)

0.347

 No

140 (31)

58 (41)

46 (33)

36 (26)

Depression (n (%))

159 (34.8)

73 (45.9)

54 (34)

32 (20.1)

0.003

Anxiety (n (%))

185 (40.5)

90 (48.6)

58 (31.4)

37 (20.0)

<0.001

Stress (n (%))

192 (42)

92 (47.9)

58 (30.2)

42 (21.9)

<0.001

  1. Values are reported mean ± SD, unless indicated
  2. FQS Food Quality Score, BMI Body Mass Index, WC Waist Circumference
  3. aUsing one-way ANOVA for continuous variables and Chi square test for categorical variables