Table 5.
Association between determinants and diet scores in the sample population: students (n 987) from the Balearic Islands University, Spain, 2010
| DDS | MDS | DGS | GDQS | Daily meals | BMI | Physical activity | Alcohol | Tobacco | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDS | 1·000 | ||||||||
| MDS | 0·467* | 1·000 | |||||||
| DGS | 0·335* | 0·451* | 1·000 | ||||||
| GDQS | 0·801* | 0·833* | 0·704* | 1·000 | |||||
| Daily meals | 0·113* | 0·115* | 0·137* | 0·152* | 1·000 | ||||
| BMI | −0·128 | −0·008 | 0·139 | −0·004 | −0·070 | 1·000 | |||
| Physical activity | 0·086 | 0·044 | 0·058 | 0·080 | 0·120 | 0·024 | 1·000 | ||
| Alcohol | −0·030 | 0·068 | 0·051 | 0·034 | −0·091 | 0·108 | −0·010 | 1·000 | |
| Tobacco | −0·021 | −0·081 | −0·048 | −0·063 | −0·143 | 0·065 | −0·002 | 0·032 | 1·000 |
DDS, Diet Diversity Score; MDS, Mediterranean Diet Score; DGS, Dietary Guidelines Score; GDQS, Global Diet Quality Score.
Daily meals (number of meals/d), Physical activity (h/week), Alcohol (alcohol consumption, times/month) and Tobacco (cigarettes/d) were used as determinants.
*Significance of the correlation (Pearson bivariate correlation): P < 0·01.