Table 3. Linear regression coefficients (95% confidence interval) of the physical and mental components of the SF-12 in 2012–13 by chocolate consumption categories.

Chocolate consumption (g/day)	n	Physical component summary	Mental component summary
Total participants
No consumption	3327	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)
≤ 10 g/day	479	-0.07 (-0.94 to 0.80)	0.29 (-0.67 to 1.26)
> 10 g/day	793	0.02 (-0.71 to 0.75)	-0.57 (-1.37 to 0.23)
p for trend		0.87	0.32
Men
No consumption	1734	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)
≤ 10 g/day	193	-0.06 (-1.35 to 1.22)	-0.17 (-1.53 to 1.19)
> 10 g/day	335	0.001 (-1.04 to 1.04)	0.27 (-0.82 to 1.37)
p for trend		0.98	0.70
Women
No consumption	1593	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)
≤ 10 g/day	286	0.006 (-1.20 to 1.21)	0.95 (-0.43 to 2.32)
> 10 g/day	458	0.09 (-0.93 to 1.11)	-0.83 (-2.01 to 0.34)
p for trend		0.87	0.32

*p <0,05;

** p <0,01.

Model adjusted for sex, age (18–44,45–64,65 and over), educational level (no formal or primary education; secondary education; university), tobacco consumption (never smokers, former smokers, current smokers), alcohol consumption g/day (quartiles), body mass index kg/m² (quartiles), abdominal obesity (yes/no), leisure time physical activity METs-h/week (quartiles), time spent watching television h/week (quartiles), adherence to the Mediterranean diet (low adherence 0–2 points, medium adherence 3–5 points, high adherence 6–8 points), total energy kcal/day (quartiles), prevalent diseases (coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer and depression), incident diseases (coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer and depression), physical or mental component summaries at baseline, as appropriate.