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. 2023 Jun 27;15(13):2905. doi: 10.3390/nu15132905

Table 2.

Association between different food groups included in the KIDMED questionnaire and psychosocial health problems (SDQ subscales) among Spanish adolescents.

R 2 B SE β p
Emotional problems (score) 0.142
    Has fresh or cooked vegetables more than once a day 0.418 0.218 0.073 0.056
    Consumes fish regularly (at least 2–3/week) −0.355 0.212 −0.064 0.095
    Consumes nuts regularly (at least 2–3/week) −0.755 0.208 −0.138 <0.001
    Skips breakfast 0.636 0.291 0.086 0.029
Conduct problems (score) 0.111
    Takes a fruit or fruit juice every day −0.326 0.152 −0.084 0.032
    Consumes pasta or rice almost every day (≥5/week) 0.320 0.135 0.092 0.019
    Skips breakfast 0.430 0.190 0.091 0.024
Hyperactivity problems (score) 0.083
    Takes sweets and candy several times every day 0.557 0.215 0.105 0.010
    Has a second fruit every day −0.588 0.178 −0.132 <0.001
Peer problems (score) 0.053
    Has fresh or cooked vegetables more than once a day 0.406 0.151 0.108 0.007
    Consumes fish regularly (at least 2–3/week) −0.251 0.146 −0.069 0.086
    Skips breakfast 0.363 0.201 0.074 0.072
Pro-social scale (score) 0.090
    Likes pulses and eats them >1/week 0.720 0.184 0.153 <0.001
SDQ total difficulties (score) 0.120
    Takes a fruit or fruit juice every day −1.114 0.540 −0.082 0.039
    Has fresh or cooked vegetables more than once a day 1.106 0.496 0.087 0.026
    Consumes fish regularly (at least 2–3/week) −0.881 0.480 −0.072 0.067
    Consumes nuts regularly (at least 2–3/week) −1.212 0.472 −0.099 0.010
    Skips breakfast 1.649 0.661 0.100 0.013

B: unstandardized beta coefficient; β: standardized beta coefficient; KIDMED: Mediterranean Diet Quality Index for children and teenagers; SE: standard error. Analyses were fully adjusted for age, sex, waist circumference, sleep duration, socioeconomic status, physical activity, sedentary behaviors, alcohol consumption, and tobacco consumption. The p values in bold indicate statistical significance for the corresponding predictor in the model (p < 0.05).