Table 2.
Response frequency of dietary components included in the PREvención con DIetaMEDiterránea (PREDIMED) questionnaire of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients and control group.
| Questions PREDIMED Questionnaire | PCOS Patients n = 112 |
Control Group n = 112 |
χ2 | p Values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Use of extra-virgin olive oil as main culinary lipid | 88 | 78.6 | 108 | 96.4 | 14.74 | <0.001 |
| Extra virgin olive oil >4 tablespoons | 64 | 57.1 | 55 | 49.1 | 1.15 | 0.284 |
| Vegetables ≥2 servings/day | 54 | 48.2 | 62 | 55.4 | 0.87 | 0.349 |
| Fruits ≥3 servings/day | 67 | 59.8 | 66 | 58.9 | 0.01 | 1.000 |
| Red/processed meats <1/day | 62 | 55.4 | 57 | 50.9 | 0.28 | 0.592 |
| Butter, cream, margarine <1/day | 47 | 42.0 | 55 | 49.1 | 0.88 | 0.348 |
| Soda drinks <1/day | 53 | 47.3 | 58 | 51.8 | 0.28 | 0.593 |
| Wine glasses ≥ 7/week | 30 | 26.8 | 35 | 31.3 | 0.35 | 0.555 |
| Legumes ≥ 3/week | 60 | 53.6 | 81 | 72.3 | 7.66 | 0.006 |
| Fish/seafood ≥ 3/week | 35 | 31.3 | 76 | 67.9 | 28.57 | <0.001 |
| Commercial sweets and confectionery ≤ 2/week | 59 | 52.7 | 56 | 50.0 | 0.07 | 0.789 |
| Tree nuts ≥ 3/week | 31 | 27.7 | 76 | 67.6 | 34.64 | <0.001 |
| Poultry more than red meats | 63 | 56.3 | 51 | 45.5 | 2.16 | 0.142 |
| Use of sofrito sauce ≥ 2/week | 68 | 60.7 | 73 | 65.2 | 0.31 | 0.580 |
PCOS patients exhibited statistically significant differences in use of extra-virgin olive oil as main culinary lipid, legumes, fish/seafood, and nuts consumption, compared with control group. Results are expressed as number and percentage of responses obtained with PREDIMED questionnaire. The differences were analysed by χ2 test. A p value in bold type denotes a significant difference (p < 0.05). PREDIMED, PREvención con DIetaMEDiterránea; PCOS, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.