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. 2019 Apr 3;59(2):767–778. doi: 10.1007/s00394-019-01943-4

Table 2.

Separate association between standardized food group residuals, energy and MDS with the standardised severity of depression (IDS), anxiety (BAI) and phobias (FEAR)

IDS Score (n = 1616) BAI (n = 1612) FEAR (n = 1613)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
β 95% CI p value β 95% CI p value β 95% CI p value β 95% CI p value β 95% CI p value β 95% CI p value
Energy (kcal/day) 0.05 (0.00, 1.10) 0.07 0.06 (0.00, 1.11) 0.02 0.07 (0.02, 0.12) 0.01 0.08 (0.03, 0.13) < 0.01 0.06 (0.01, 1.10) 0.03 0.07 (0.02, 1.12) 0.01
MDS Score − 0.13 (− 0.18, − 0.08) < 0.01 − 0.12 (− 0.17, − 0.07) < 0.01 − 0.11 (− 0.16, − 0.06) < 0.01 − 0.09 (− 0.14, − 0.04) < 0.01 − 0.08 (− 0.13, − 0.03) < 0.01 − 0.08 (− 0.13, − 0.03) < 0.01
Food group residuals
 Non-refined grains − 0.10 (− 0.15, − 0.05) < 0.01 − 0.09 (− 0.14, − 0.05) < 0.01 − 0.07 (− 0.12, − 0.02) < 0.01 − 0.06 (− 0.11, − 0.01) 0.01  0.02 ( 0.07,  0.03) 0.52  0.01 ( 0.06,  0.03) 0.65
 Vegetables − 0.07 (− 0.12, − 0.02) 0.01  0.06 ( 0.11,  0.01) 0.03 − 0.06 (− 0.11, − 0.01) 0.01  0.05 ( 0.10,  0.00) 0.04 − 0.11 (− 0.16, − 0.06) < 0.01 − 0.10 (− 0.15, − 0.05) < 0.01
 Fruit  0.05 ( 0.10, 0.00) 0.04  0.04 ( 0.09, 0.01) 0.14  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.48 0.00 ( 0.05, 0.05) 0.96 − 0.09 (− 0.14, 0.04) < 0.01 − 0.08 (− 0.13, 0.03) < 0.01
 Fish  0.03 ( 0.07, 0.02) 0.30  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.35  0.04 ( 0.08, 0.01) 0.15  0.04 ( 0.08, 0.01) 0.16  0.05 ( 0.10, 0.00) 0.05  0.05 ( 0.09, 0.00) 0.06
 Olive oil  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.34  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.37  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.39  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.42  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.39  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.39
 Red and processed meata  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.42  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.36  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.46  0.03 ( 0.07, 0.02) 0.31 0.00 ( 0.05, 0.05) 0.97 0.00 ( 0.05, 0.05) 0.88
 Potatoes  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.47  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.50  0.05 ( 0.10, 0.00) 0.06  0.05 ( 0.10, 0.00) 0.06 0.02 ( 0.03, 0.07) 0.34 0.02 ( 0.03, 0.07) 0.38
 Legumes and soya  0.01 ( 0.06, 0.04) 0.63  0.02 ( 0.06, 0.03) 0.50 0.00 ( 0.05, 0.05) 0.97 0.00 ( 0.05, 0.05) 0.97 0.03 ( 0.02, 0.08) 0.18 0.03 ( 0.02, 0.08) 0.20
 High fat dairya 0.02 ( 0.03, 0.06) 0.51 0.01 ( 0.04, 0.06) 0.65 0.02 ( 0.02, 0.07) 0.31 0.02 ( 0.03, 0.07) 0.41 0.00 ( 0.04, 0.05) 0.86 0.00 ( 0.04, 0.05) 0.90
 Poultrya 0.03 ( 0.01, 0.08) 0.17 0.04 ( 0.01, 0.08) 0.14 0.01 ( 0.04, 0.06) 0.68 0.01 ( 0.04, 0.06) 0.66 0.01 ( 0.04, 0.06) 0.72 0.01 ( 0.04, 0.06) 0.66
 Heavy drinkera  0.01 ( 0.06, 0.03) 0.54  0.02 ( 0.07, 0.03) 0.43 0.01 ( 0.04, 0.06) 0.68 0.00 ( 0.04, 0.05) 0.87 0.00 ( 0.05, 0.05) 0.99 0.00 ( 0.05, 0.05) 0.92
 Non-Drinkera 0.09 (0.04, 0.14) < 0.01 0.09 (0.05, 0.14) < 0.01 0.08 (0.03, 0.13) < 0.01 0.08 (0.03, 0.13) < 0.01 0.06 (0.01, 0.11) 0.03 0.06 (0.01, 0.11) 0.02

Model 1: age, sex, education (years)

Model 2: Model 1 + partner status, physical activity, smoking status

Bold: significant after correction for multiple testing

aIn the MDS these items are negatively scored, meaning that the direction of association is expected to be the opposite (b < 0) of the other food groups