Table 3.
Evaluation of diet quality of individuals according to healthy eating indices by gender, education level, age group and BMI classification, n (%)
| Gender | Education Level (years) | Age group (years) | BMI classification | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | ≤8 | >8 | 19-30 | 31-50 | ≥51 | Underweight | Normal | Overweight | |
| HEI-2005 | ||||||||||
| Poor | 77 (42.1) | 74 (23.8) | 50 (24.8) | 101 (34.6) | 93 (39.4)a | 54 (23.9)b | 4 (12.5)b | 8 (33.3)a, b | 93 (38.0)a | 50 (22.2)b |
| Needs improvement | 105 (57.4) | 231 (74.3) | 149 (73.8) | 187 (64.0) | 138 (58.5)a | 170 (75.2)b | 28 (87.5)b | 16 (66.7)a, b | 147 (60.0)a | 173 (76.9)b |
| Good | 1 (0.5) | 6 (1.9) | 3 (1.5) | 4 (1.4) | 5 (2.1)a | 2 (0.9)b | - | - | 5 (2.0)a | 2 (0.9)b |
| χ 2 = 18.990; p = 0.000 | χ 2 = 5.450; p = 0.066 | χ 2 = 21.138; p = 0.000 | χ 2 = 15.947; p = 0.003 | |||||||
| HEI-2010 | ||||||||||
| Poor | 149 (81.4) | 200 (64.3) | 130 (64.4) | 219 (75.0) | 184 (78.0)a | 150 (66.4)b | 15 (46.9)c | 21 (87.5)a | 184 (75.1)a | 144 (64.0)b |
| Needs improvement | 34 (18.6) | 111 (35.7) | 72 (35.6) | 73 (25.0) | 52 (22.0)a | 76 (33.6)b | 17 (53.1)c | 3 (12.5)a | 61 (24.9)a | 81 (36.0)b |
| Good | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| χ 2 = 16.269; p = 0.000 | χ 2 = 6.523; p = 0.011 | χ 2 = 16.809; p = 0.000 | χ 2 = 10.426; p = 0.005 | |||||||
a,b,cDifferent characters p < 0.05, same characters p > 0.05 for the data classified into three categories