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. 2020 Jun 12;12(6):1759. doi: 10.3390/nu12061759

Table 1.

Menstrual characteristics and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD).

		Adherence to the MD			p-Value
		Low	Average	High	p-Value
Cycle	Regular	19(40.4%)	42(24.4%)	32(34.8%)	0.931 ^a
Cycle	Irregular	28(59.6%)	130(75.6%)	60(65.2%)	0.931 ^a
Amount of flow	Light	9(19.1%)	27(15.7%)	19(20.7%)	0.337 ^a
	Average	35(74.5%)	101(58.7%)	51(55.4%)
	Heavy	3(6.4%)	44(25.6%)	22(23.9%)
Duration of cycle		33.47 ± 16.23	29.15 ± 5.74	30.16 ± 6.28	0.008 ^b,*
Duration of menses (days)		5.17 ± 1.22	4.87 ± 1.21	5.01 ± 1.31	0.308 ^b
Menstrual pain	No	6(12.8%)	21(12.2%)	35(11.3%)	0.400 ^a
Menstrual pain	Yes	41(87.2%)	151(87.8%)	276(88.7%)	0.400 ^a

*p < 0.05; ^a Chi-square for linear trend; ^b ANOVA of polynomial contrasts.