Table 2.
Unadjusted odds ratios for food consumption and overweight among adolescence
| Consumption of food items | Cases (151) |
Controls (604) |
OR (95% CI) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency % | Frequency % | |||
| Legumes and seeds | 115 (76.2) | 511 (84.6) | 0.58 (0.4–0.8) | 0.01 |
| Dark green leaves | 94 (62.3) | 393 (65.1) | 0.8 (0.6–1.3) | 0.50 |
| Vegetables | 161 (66.9) | 459 (76) | 0.6 (0.43–0.9) | 0.02 |
| Fruits | 55 (36.4) | 276 (45.7) | 0.68 (0.5–0.9) | 0.04 |
| Meat | 46 (30.5) | 117 (19.3) | 1.8 (1.2–2.7) | 0.003 |
| Fish, other sea foods | 112 (74.2) | 389 (64.4) | 1.5 (1.1–2.4) | 0.023 |
| Eggs | 41 (27.2) | 157 (26) | 1.1 (0.7–1.6) | 0.70 |
| Milk | 122 (80.8) | 501 (82.9) | 0.9 (0.5–1.36) | 0.50 |
| Fast foods, fried rice, oily foods | 112 (74.2) | 356 (60) | 1.9 (1.3–2.8) | 0.001 |
| Carbonated drinks, sugary drinks | 57 (37.7) | 150 (24.8) | 1.8 (1.3–2.7) | 0.001 |
| Sweets, cookies, ice cream | 107 (70.9) | 364 (60.3) | 1.6 (1.1–2.4) | 0.017 |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval