Table 1.

Cypriot population’s adherence to Mediterranean diet

	Mediterranean diet score
	Overall (n 1123)		Low (n 367)		Moderate (n 413)		High (n 343)
Characteristics	Median	(Q1, Q3)	n	%	n	%	n	%	P-value
Mediterranean diet score*	15	13, 18	12	10, 13	16	15, 16	20	18, 21
Age group (years)									0·26
18–24	16	13, 18	45	27·8	65	40·1	52	32·1
25–44	15	13, 18	170	32·9	184	35·6	163	31·5
45–64	15	12, 18	115	37·2	106	34·3	88	28·5
65+	16	13, 18	37	27·4	58	43·0	40	29·6
Sex									< 0·01
Male	16	13, 19	132	26·8	187	38·0	173	35·2
Female	15	12, 18	235	37·3	226	35·9	169	26·8
Geographical area									0·10
Nicosia	15	12, 18	178	36·4	184	37·6	127	26·0
Limassol	16	13, 19	86	28·4	118	38·9	99	32·7
Larnaka	15	13, 18	54	31·6	60	35·1	57	33·3
Paphos	16	13, 19	32	29·4	37	33·9	40	36·7
Ammochostos	16	13, 19	17	34·7	13	26·5	19	38·8
Residency									0·01
Urban	15	13, 18	287	33·8	323	38·0	239	28·2
Rural	16	13, 18	79	29·6	87	32·6	101	37·8
Marital status									< 0·01
Married	16	13, 18	178	29·2	242	39·7	189	31·0
Unmarried	16	13, 19	132	32·1	144	35·0	135	32·9
Divorced/Widowed	13	10·5, 16	54	56·3	25	26·0	17	17·7
Educational status									0·34
Primary	16	13, 18	18	27·3	25	37·9	23	34·8
Secondary	15	12, 18	122	36·5	121	36·2	91	27·3
Higher	15	13, 18	224	31·3	265	37·0	227	31·7
Salary									0·24
Low	15	13, 18	82	34·9	85	36·2	68	28·9
Middle	15	13, 18	190	34·4	191	34·5	172	31·1
High	16	13, 18	93	28·5	135	41·4	98	30·1
Physically active									<0·01
Yes	16	13, 19	155	29·1	192	36·1	185	34·8
No	15	12, 18	210	36·0	217	37·2	156	26·8
Current smoker									0·37
Yes	15	13, 18	141	35·3	140	35·1	118	29·6
No	16	13, 18	224	31·2	271	37·8	222	31·0
BMI group									0·56
Underweight	16	13, 19	14	34·2	12	29·3	15	36·6
Normal	15	13, 18	176	31·7	210	37·8	170	30·6
Overweight	15	13, 18	115	32·4	139	39·2	101	28·4
Obese	15·5	12, 18	56	36·8	47	30·9	49	32·2

^*Median (Q1, Q3).