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. 2019 Dec 18;23(10):1766–1777. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019003483

Table 2.

Total score (expressed as mean with 95 % confidence interval) on the Brazilian Healthy Eating Index-Revised (BHEI-R) according to lifestyle and health variables among 643 adults (aged 20–59 years) and 545 older adults (aged ≥60 years) from the 2015 Health Survey of São Paulo (2015 ISA-Capital) with Focus on Nutrition Study (2015 ISA-Nutrition), Brazil

Variable n * % BHEI-R P §
Mean 95 % CI
Health insurance (n 1183) 0·141
 No 737 59·52 65·38 65·21, 65·54
 Yes 446 40·48 65·56 65·36, 65·77
Chronic non-communicable diseases (n 1176) <0·001
 Presence 547 38·12 66·77 66·59, 66·95
 Absence 629 61·88 64·66 64·52, 64·80
Use of medications (n 1185) <0·001
 No 406 38·19 64·59 64·42, 64·76
 Yes 779 61·81 66·00 65·83, 66·16
Mental health (n 1186) 0·612
 Positive 230 18·47 65·53 65·25, 65·80
 Negative 956 81·53 65·45 65·29, 65·60
Smoking (n 1185) <0·001
 Never smoke 741 64·40 65·35 65·17, 65·53
 Former smoker 250 18·70 66·03 65·77, 66·28
 Current smoker 194 16·90 65·25 65·05, 65·46
Alcohol consumption (n 1183) <0·001
 Consumer 381 36·37 65·04 64·84, 65·24
 Non consumer 802 63·63 65·70 65·53, 65·88
Leisure activity physical activity** (n 1180) <0·001
 Does not comply with recommendation 942 77·20 65·64 65·48, 65·80
 Complies with recommendation 238 22·80 64·86 64·61, 65·10
Self-perception of health (n 1183) <0·001
 Regular, bad or very bad 383 28·29 65·89 65·66, 66·12
 Excellent, good or very good 800 71·71 64·86 65·14, 65·46
Weight status†† (n 1157) 0·561
 Not overweight 613 50·98 65·49 65·28, 65·70
 Overweight/obese 544 49·02 65·42 65·26, 65·57
*

Excluded individuals with information ignored.

Analyses considered the sample design (survey mode).

Variables adjusted for sex and age.

§

Descriptive level of the Wald test or one-way ANOVA: P < 0·05.

Hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolaemia and cancer.

Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20): positive or negative, with a cut-off point of 7 for women and 6 for men.

**

Whether or not complies with the WHO global recommendation of ≥150 min/week.

††

Adults: BMI < 18·5 kg/m2 and BMI = 18·5–24·99 kg/m2 (not overweight); BMI = 25·0–29·99 kg/m2 and BMI ≥ 30·0 kg/m2 (overweight and obese). Older adults: BMI ≤ 23·0 kg/m2 and BMI = 23·0–27·99 kg/m2 (not overweight); BMI = 28·0–29·99 kg/m2 and BMI ≥ 30·0 kg/m2 (overweight and obese).