Table 4.

Distribution across components and total score for the Mediterranean Diet Score (n = 1475).

Mediterranean Diet Score Components	Vegans		Vegetarians		Semi-Vegetarians		Pesco-Vegetarians		Omnivores
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Higher intake than median
Vegetables	60	58	289	50	240	48	74	51	56	36
Legumes	87	84	424	74	339	68	98	68	66	43
Fruit	70	67	299	52	242	49	75	52	54	35
Cereals	71	68	305	53	254	51	72	50	43	28
Fish	0	0	0	0	460	92	143	99	142	92
Meat and meat replacement	48	46	373	65	235	47	112	77	24	16
Dairy	0	0	290	51	210	42	67	46	75	48
Nuts	75	72	299	52	207	42	63	43	23	15
Mono-unsaturated Fat/saturated fat	63	61	239	42	249	50	57	39	115	74
Ethanol	22	21	113	29	146	29	41	28	33	21
Mediterranean Diet Score	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	5.8 a,b,c	1.3	4.6 a,d,e,f	1.5	5.2 b,d,g	1.5	5.5 e,h	1.4	4.1 c,f,g,h	1.6

^a–f Diet groups with the same indices differ significantly in the post hoc test (p < 0.01).