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. 2016 Sep 26;2016:5256084. doi: 10.1155/2016/5256084

Table 2.

Association of household food security status with low mental health inventory-5 (MHI-5) score.

Food secure (n = 152)
number (%)
Low food security (n = 325)
number (%)
Very low food security (n = 317)
number (%)
Low food security  Very low food security
Unadjusted PR
(95% CI)a,b
Adjusted PR
(95% CI)a,b
Unadjusted PR (95% CI)a,b Adjusted PR
(95% CI)a,b
Low MHI-5 score (≤3) 29 (19.2) 88 (27.6) 136 (43.0) 1.44 (1.00, 2.08) 1.40 (0.96, 2.03) 2.24 (1.58, 3.18) 2.16 (1.50, 3.11)

aPR: prevalence ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.

bAnalyses adjusted for participant age, education, per capita monthly income, long-term neighborhood residence (≥50% of lifetime), BMI, residence neighborhood, and data collection year.

p = 0.0001.