Table 6.

Associations between high adherence to Mediterranean diet and sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, n = 719.

	P value	Odds ratio	95% CI
Sex
Women (ref)		1
Men	0.046	1.46	1.00–2.12
Age group
≤29	0.085	0.66	0.41–1.05
30–45	0.411	0.84	0.56–1.26
≥46 (ref)		1
Marital status
Not married (ref)		1
Married	0.037	1.46	1.02–2.10
Occupation
With job	0.260	1.22	0.85–1.75
Without job (ref)		1
Education
Illiterate	0.055	1.62	0.98–2.67
>6 years	0.002	1.94	1.27–2.95
≤6 years (ref)		1
Housing
Traditional housing	0.974	0.98	0.35–2.73
Luxurious	0.025	3.74	1.18–11.87
Flat	0.965	0.99	0.62–1.56
Modern	0.958	1.01	0.61–1.67
Poor housing (ref)		1
Smoking
Current smoker (ref)		1
Ex-smoker	0.945	0.97	0.51–1.86
Never smoker	0.071	1.57	0.96–2.57
Alcohol consumption
Consumer	0.025	2.30	1.11–4.79
Nonconsumer (ref)		1
BMI class
Underweight	0.633	0.82	0.34–1.80
Normal	0.245	0.75	0.46–1.21
Overweight	0.027	0.59	0.37–1.94
Obesity (ref)		1

BMI: body mass Index. Statistically significant differences are defined as P < 0.05.