Table 2.
Food consumption according to MeDi† adherence among a sample of the adult Moroccan population, 2008
|
MeDi† adherence |
Low (1–4)N = 662 |
High (5–8)N = 1552 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Food categories |
m (SD) |
m (SD) |
m (SD) |
m (SD) |
| Bread/rice/potatoes/pasta* |
9.6 (2.2) |
9.5 (2.3) |
11.0 (2.3) |
10.9 (2.4) |
| Dairy products* |
3.8(4.7) |
6.4(5.6) |
4.0 (4.6) |
5.6 (5.7) |
| Vegetables* |
5.3(2.0) |
6.4 (1.5) |
6.2 (1.6) |
6.8 (0.7) |
| Legumes* |
0.9 (1.2) |
0.6 (1.0) |
1.6 (1.1) |
1.3 (1.1) |
| Red meat* |
02.9 (2.6) |
3.8 (3.1) |
2.5 (2.7) |
2.8 (3.0) |
| Fish* |
1.2 (1.6) |
1.1 (1.5) |
1.5 (1.3) |
1.6 (1.6) |
| Fruits** |
4.1 (6.5) |
5.0 (6.5) |
5.4 (5.9) |
6.3 (6.3) |
| Olive oil (%) | 70.0 | 59.7 | 89.3 | 86.9 |
All P values <0.05 for t-test for Equality of means or for the Chi2 test according to gender among categories of simplified MeDi score.
*Number of days of usual consumption per week, **Number of servings per week.
† Mediterranean Diet.