Table 3.
Prevalence of fruit and vegetable consumption within the recommended range and wine consumption higher than the recommended intake in the study participants stratified by gender and macro-area; Italy, 2007
| Study population | North-west | North-east | Centre | South | Islands | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | P† | Men | Women | P† | Men | Women | P† | Men | Women | P† | Men | Women | P† | Men | Women | P† | P‡ | |
| Fruit and vegetables (%)§ | 38·4 | 41·0 | 0·028 | 51·7 | 57·3 | 0·033 | 49·9 | 51·4 | 0·018 | 43·6 | 46·8 | 0·029 | 24·3 | 26·0 | 0·033 | 29·1 | 32·3 | 0·040 | 0·021 |
| Wine (%)∥ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Abstainer | 74·7 | 78·4 | 64·6 | 76·2 | 70·1 | 75·9 | 73·9 | 74·3 | 78·1 | 84·7 | 80·7 | 84·8 | |||||||
| Moderate | 23·2 | 15·5 | 0·020 | 32·6 | 12·2 | 0·001 | 26·2 | 12·7 | 0·029 | 22·4 | 13·4 | 0·044 | 18·7 | 11·2 | 0·017 | 18·1 | 9·9 | 0·023 | 0·042 |
| Habitual | 2·1 | 6·1 | 2·8 | 11·6 | 3·7 | 11·4 | 3·7 | 12·3 | 3·2 | 4·1 | 1·2 | 5·3 | |||||||
†Survey regression analysis adjusted for each town unit for average age and gender.
‡Linear and logistic regression models adjusted for age and gender.
§Fruit and vegetable consumption within the recommended range of 8–10 servings/d.
∥Wine consumption higher than the recommended intake: moderate, 1–2 drinks/d for men and 0·5–1 drink/d for women; habitual, >2 drinks/d for men and >1 drink/d for women.