Table 4.
Dietary habits stratified by Type D personality
| Total | Type D | Non-Type D | Univariate | Multivariate* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 1582 | n = 209 | n = 1373 | χ2 | p-value | OR | p-value | |
| Varied diet (yes) | 75.4% | 63.0% | 77.3% | 19.94 | < .001 | 0.5 (0.4-0.7) | < .001 |
| Restrict fats (yes) | 60.6% | 53.6% | 61.6% | 4.89 | .03 | 0.7(0.5-0.9) | .01 |
| Restrict salt (yes) | 56.4% | 53.1% | 56.9% | 1.05 | .31 | 0.8 (0.6-1.1) | .15 |
| Cosmopolitan | 29.5% | 25.8% | 30.1% | 3.41 | .18 | Reference category | |
| Traditional | 54.4% | 54.0% | 54.4% | 1.3 (0.9-1.8) | .23 | ||
| Refined | 16.1% | 20.2% | 15.5% | 1.5 (1.0-2.5) | .08 | ||
Note: Information on the different dietary patterns was present for 1505 subjects
* Adjusted for age, gender, partner status, higher education