Table 3.
ORs of having a high adherence to Mediterranean diet according to income, education and socioeconomic status
| Mediterranean score |
Italian Mediterranean Index |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | Low (n=3843) | High (n=3518) | OR | (95% CI) | Low (n=4704) | High (n=3089) | OR | (95% CI) |
| <10 000 | 310 (8.1%) | 231 (6.6%) | -1- | (referent) | 353 (7.5%) | 209 (6.8%) | -1- | (referent) |
| >10 000<25 000 | 1694 (44.1%) | 1470 (41.8%) | 1.28 | (1.04 to 1.57) | 2161 (45.9%) | 1201 (38.9%) | 1.07 | (0.87 to 1.32) |
| >25 000<40 000 | 1153 (30.0%) | 1116 (31.7%) | 1.51 | (1.21 to 1.88) | 1436 (30.5%) | 995 (32.2%) | 1.34 | (1.07 to 1.69) |
| >40 000 | 686 (17.9%) | 701 (19.9%) | 1.54 | (1.21 to 1.97) | 754 (16.0%) | 684 (22.1%) | 1.72 | (1.34 to 2.21) |
| (p for trend=0.0002) | (p for trend<0.0001) | |||||||
| Education level | ||||||||
| Low | 1775 (46.2%) | 1571 (44.7%) | -1- | (referent) | 2250 (47.8%) | 1307 (42.3%) | -1- | (referent) |
| Medium | 1504 (39.1%) | 1421 (40.4%) | 1.26 | (1.11 to 1.43) | 1860 (39.6%) | 1283 (41.5%) | 1.16 | (1.02 to 1.31) |
| High | 564 (14.7%) | 525 (14.9) | 1.27 | (1.06 to 1.52) | 592 (12.6%) | 499 (16.1%) | 1.33 | (1.11 to 1.60) |
| (p for trend=0.0020) | (p for trend=0.0009) | |||||||
| Socioeconomic status | ||||||||
| Low | 1097 (29.1%) | 1097 (32.2%) | -1- | (referent) | 1462 (32.2%) | 927 (30.9%) | -1- | (referent) |
| Medium | 1155 (31.1%) | 1095 (32.1%) | 0.94 | (0.83 to 1.07) | 1414 (31.1%) | 930 (31.0%) | 1.00 | (0.88 to 1.14) |
| High | 1475 (39.8%) | 1218 (35.7%) | 0.88 | (0.77 to 1.00) | 1664 (36.7%) | 1144 (38.1%) | 0.98 | (0.86 to 1.12) |
| (p for trend=0.054) | (p for trend=0.82) | |||||||