Table 5.

Logistic Regression for Consumption of Various Foods Associated with Stress Levels by Sex

Food category	Female Adjusted OR (95% CI)
	Stress Level
	Normal	Moderate	p-value	High	p- value
Sweets	1	1.87 (1.03–3.32)	0.017	3.06 (1.86–4.91)	0.001
Snacks	1	1.74 (1.03–3.45)	0.041	2.66 (1.47–3.54)	0.013
Cake/cookies	1	1.43 (1.12–3.84)	0.032	2.73 (1.39–4.12)	0.002
Fast food	1	0.94 (0.67–2.04)	0.182	0.90 (0.62–2.27)	0.261
Beverages	1	1.59 (1.17–3.09)	0.024	1.97 (1.09–3.08)	0.037
Fruits	1	0.52 (0.25–0.86)	0.041	0.38 (0.21–0.88)	0.025
Vegetables	1	0.64 (0.41–0.93)	0.037	0.49 (0.29–0.87)	0.038
Meat & chicken	1	0.58 (0.28–0.96)	0.022	0.41 (0.30–0.86)	0.016
Fish & seafood	1	0.57 (0.23–0.87)	0.047	0.34 (0.19–0.96)	0.008
Dairy & dairy products	1	1.06 (0.91–3.86)	0.176	1.08 (0.84–3.72)	0.211
Cereal/cereal products	1	0.91 (0.76–2.08)	0.183	1.02 (0.72–0.84)	0.188
	Male Adjusted OR (95% CI)
	Stress Level
Food Category	Normal	Moderate	p-value	High	p- value
Sweets	1	0.98 (0.75–2.10)	0.601	1.07 (0.96–2.81)	0.533
Snacks	1	1.08 (0.85–3.05)	0.136	0.97 (0.63–2.76)	0.116
Fast food	1	1.78 (1.22–3.49)	0.027	2.87 (1.45–4.67)	0.007
Beverages	1	1.04 (0.78–2.02)	0.536	0.89 (0.59–1.52)	0.623
Fruits	1	0.62 (0.42–0.94)	0.031	0.49 (0.38–0.91)	0.012
Vegetables	1	0.71 (0.44–0.92)	0.373	0.83 (0.58–0.91)	0.147
Meat & chicken	1	1.57 (1.08–3.14)	0.042	2.31 (1.07–3.79)	0.024
Fish & seafood	1	1.32 (1.09–3.75)	0.041	1.88 (1.13–4.02)	0.034
Dairy/ dairy products	1	1.18 (1.07–2.42)	0.048	1.12 (0.92–3.08)	0.231
Cereal/cereal products	1	0.81 (0.57–0.93)	0.046	1.10 (0.83–3.51)	0.205

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.