Table 4.

Dietary features of men (n 601) and women (n 911) aged 30–75 years with no/low and medium/high psychological distress risk, Goa, India, 2004–2005

	No/low distress		Medium/high distress
	n	%	n	%	Total	P value*	Adjusted OR†	95 % CI
Males
Vegetables and/or fruit
None or 1 portion/week	195	38	34	39	229		1·00	Ref.
≥2 portions/week	318	62	54	61	372	0·911	0·81	0·46, 1·42
Fish
None or <1 portion/week	67	13	21	24	88		1·00	Ref.
≥1 portion/week	446	87	67	76	513	0·008	0·50	0·25, 0·99
Cooking oil
Polyunsaturated (groundnut, sunflower or soya oil)
No	284	55	42	48	326		1·00	Ref.
Yes	229	45	46	52	275	0·184	0·81	0·43, 1·5
Saturated (animal, ghee, palm or coconut oil)
No	132	25	28	32	160		1·00	Ref.
Yes	381	75	60	68	441	0·236	1·23	0·69, 2·20
Red meat (burgers, beef, lamb, pork)
None or <1 portion/week	336	66	60	68	396		1·00	Ref.
≥1 portion/week	177	35	28	32	205	0·624	0·59	0·32, 1·06
Females
Vegetables and/or fruit
None or 1 portion/week	260	40	105	40	365		1·00	Ref.
≥2 portions/week	387	60	159	60	546	0·908	0·94	0·65, 1·35
Fish
None or <1 portion/week	50	8	34	13	84		1·00	Ref.
≥1 portion/week	597	92	230	87	827	0·015	0·52	0·29, 0·92
Cooking oil
Polyunsaturated (groundnut, sunflower or soya oil)
No	389	60	150	57	539		1·00	Ref.
Yes	258	40	114	43	372	0·357	0·80	0·54, 1·17
Saturated (animal, ghee, palm or coconut oil)
No	164	25	77	29	241		1·00	Ref.
Yes	483	75	187	71	670	0·233	1·38	0·92, 2·08
Red meat (burgers, beef, lamb, pork)
None or <1 portion/week	412	64	188	71	600		1·00	Ref.
≥1 portion/week	235	36	76	29	311	0·030	0·61	0·41, 0·88

Ref., reference category.

*Using χ ² tests.

†Adjusted for demographic variables age, marital status, education, income, religion and living alone using random-effects models.