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

Table 7.

Purchase-related emotions and behaviors data regarding question about purchasing GF products because of mood (In the past 2 weeks, how many times did you buy GF products to improve your mood?) 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 3.9 ± 1.5 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2 0.7936
Below 3 years 3.9 ± 1.7 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
GFD adherence 3 1 5.0 ± 0.0 5.0 (5.0–5.0) 2 0.2695
2 3.9 ± 1.6 3.5 (1.0–7.0) 2
3 3.3 ± 1.4 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
4 4.1 ± 1.7 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
0 3.1 ± 1.4 3.0 (2.0–6.0) 2
BMI category Underweight 4.1 ± 1.8 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2 0.5132
Normal weight 4.0 ± 1.6 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Overweight 3.7 ± 1.6 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Place of residence Village 4.4 ± 1.7 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2 0.0847
Town up to 100,000 residents 4.0 ± 1.6 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Town over 100,000 residents 3.8 ± 1.6 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Educational level Primary and Secondary 4.1 ± 1.6 3.5 (1.0–7.0) 2 0.3801
Postgraduate 3.6 ± 1.7 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
University degree 4.0 ± 1.6 4.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Economic status Very bad and bad 3.2 ± 1.2 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2 0.0605
Average 3.8 ± 1.6 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 2
Good and very good 4.2 ± 1.7 4.0 (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”.