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. 2018 Oct 3;10(10):1414. doi: 10.3390/nu10101414

Table 6.

Purchase-related emotions and behaviors data regarding question about mood affecting purchase decisions (In the past 2 weeks, how many times did your mood affect your purchase decisions associated with GF products?) categorized by CD duration, GFD adherence, BMI and sociodemographic characteristics.

Categories Mean ± SD 4 Median
(Min–Max)
p-Value 1
CD duration Over 3 years 4.2 ± 1.8 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2 0.7272
Below 3 years 4.2 ± 1.9 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
GFD adherence 3 1 5.0 ± 0.0 5.0 (5.0–5.0) 2 0.1981
2 4.8 ± 1.8 5.5 (2.0–7.0) 2
3 3.9 ± 1.9 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
4 4.2 ± 1.9 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
0 3.1 ± 1.8 3.0 (2.0–7.0) 2
BMI category Underweight 4.4 ± 2.0 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2 0.3959
Normal weight 4.2 ± 1.9 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Overweight 4.0 ± 1.9 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Place of residence Village 4.4 ± 1.9 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2 0.2567
Town up to 100,000 residents 3.9 ± 1.8 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Town over 100,000 residents 4.3 ± 1.9 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Educational level Primary and Secondary 4.4 ± 1.8 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2 0.4635
Postgraduate 3.9 ± 1.7 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
University degree 4.2 ± 2.0 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Economic status Very bad and bad 3.2 ± 1.7 3.0 (1.0–6.0) 2 0.0029
Average 4.0 ± 1.8 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Good and very good 4.6 ± 1.9 5.0 (1.0–7.0) 2

1 multifactor analysis of variance (ANOVA); 2 non-parametric distribution (verified using Shapiro-Wilk test—p ≤ 0.05); 3 GFD (gluten-free diet) adherence: (1) very poor; (2) good, but occasionally eat dishes containing gluten (at home or outside home); (3) very good, but occasionally eat dishes containing gluten (only outside home); (4) excellent; (0) difficult to say; 4 seven point Likert scale, while (1) is attributed to “all of the time” and (7)—to “none of the time”.