Table 5.

Menstrual health parameters, diet, and levels of knowledge in the compared dietary models.

	Model 1 (Anti-Inflammatory)		Model 2 (Proinflammatory)		p-Value in the Chi-Squared Test
	N = 324	N%	N = 181	N%
Intensity of menstrual pain					0.015
mild	136	41.9%	11	6%
moderate	167	51.5%	67	37%
severe	21	6.6%	103	57%
Regular menstrual cycle					0.041
yes	289	89.2%	137	75.7%
no	35	10.8%	44	24.3%
Menstrual distress symptoms					0.017
<3	111	34.3	35	19.3%
3–8	186	57.4%	67	37%
>8	27	8.3%	79	43.6%
Number of meals per day					0.038
1–3	89	27.5%	46	25.5%
4	151	46.6%	56	30.9%
>5	84	25.9%	79	43.6%
Adherence to a special diet					0.028
yes	33	10.2%	48	26.5%
no	291	89.8%	133	73.5%
Consumption of light food products					0.225
never	81	25%	54	29.8%
rarely	212	65.4%	120	66.3%
regularly/always	31	9.6%	7	3.9%
Use of dietary supplements in the previous 6 months					0.317
yes	263	81.2%	161	89%
no	61	18.8%	25	11%
Increased food intake during menstruation					0.037
yes	112	34.6%	106	58.6%
no	212	65.4%	75	41.4%
Increased hunger during menstruation					0.028
yes	79	24.4%	94	51.9%
no	245	75.6%	87	48.1%
Knowledge about dietary components that influence mood during menstruation					0.021
yes	247	76.2%	102	56.4%
no	77	23.8%	79	43.6%
Knowledge about the menstrual cycle					0.036
low	105	32.4%	98	54.1%
high	219	67.6%	83	45.9%
The influence of diet on the men-strual cycle					0.029
no influence	0	-	13	7.2%
low influence	54	16.7%	36	19.9%
considerable influence	124	38.3%	75	41.4%
very high influence	146	45%	57	31.5%