Table 3.

Investigation of the relationship between food consumption and Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 test (GAD-7) test scores

Foods	FCV-19S scores								GAD-7 test scores
	Food consumption						adj.p	Kendall tau-b	Food consumption						adj.p	Kendall tau-b
	Decreased		Unchanged		Increased				Decreased		Unchanged		Increased
	Median	1st–3rd quartiles	Median	1st–3rd quartiles	Median	1st–3rd quartiles			Median	1st–3rd quartiles	Median	1st–3rd quartiles	Median	1st–3rd quartiles
Dairy products
Milk	19	17–23	19	15–22	19	14–24	0.158	0.011	7	3–10a	4	2–7b	5	3–9a	0.001	0.024
Yoghurt	19	15–22ab	18	14–22a	20	15–24b	0.011	0.087**	7	4–11a	4	2–7b	5	2–8b	0.001	0.009
Kefir	20	18–25ab	18	14–23a	20	16–24b	0.025	0.011	6	3–12a	4	2–8b	5	3–9ab	0.019	–0.015
Cheese	19	15–28ab	18	14–22a	20	15–24b	0.014	0.064*	7	3–11a	4	2–7b	5	3–9a	0.001	0.051*
Meat and meat products
Meat	19	14–25	18	15–22	20	15–23	0.368	0.012	6	3–10a	4	2–7b	6	3–9a	0.001	0.025
Poultry	19	16–23	18	15–23	19	14–24	0.262	–0.005	6	3–10a	4	2–7b	6	3–9a	0.001	0.005
Fish	19	15–24	19	15–23	19	15–24	0.277	–0.008	5	3–10a	4	2–7b	5	3–9a	0.006	–0.005
Egg	20	16–27	18	14–22	19	15–24	0.143	0.014	7	5–11a	4	2–7b	5	2–8c	0.001	0.018
Legume	20	15–27	18	15–22	19	15–24	0.246	0.026	6	4–10a	4	2–7b	5	3–9a	0.001	0.061*
Nuts-seeds	20	16–27a	18	14–22b	19	15–24ab	0.036	0.014	6	3–10a	4	2–7b	5	3–9a	0.001	0.055*
Vegetables and fruits
Dark green vegetables	20	14–23	19	14–22	19	15–23	0.334	0.017	5	2–11	4	2–7	5	2–8	0.057	0.019
Other vegetables	20	15–24	18	15–22	19	15–23	0.277	0.013	6	4–11a	4	2–7b	5	2–9a	0.001	0.033
Fruit (fresh)	19	15–23	19	14–22	19	15–23	0.572	0.024	5	2–9	4	2–7	5	2–8	0.071	0.051
Fruit (dry)	20	16–27a	18	14–22b	20	16–24a	0.016	0.023	7	3–12a	4	2–7b	5	3–9a	0.001	0.031
Grain
Bread	19	15–25	18	14–22	19	15–23	0.134	0.008	5	2–10a	4	2–7b	6	3–10a	0.001	0.047
Rice-pasta	20	15–26a	18	14–22b	20	16–24ab	0.017	–0.003	5	2–10a	4	2–7b	6	3–10a	0.001	0.035
Cake-cookies	19	14–24	18	14–22	19	15–23	0.339	0.012	4	2–8ab	4	1–7a	5	3–9b	0.001	0.083**
Dessert	19	15–24	18	14–22	19	15–24	0.246	0.028	4	1–8a	4	2–7a	6	3–10b	0.001	0.119**
Beverages
Tea	21	16–23	18	14–22	19	15–23	0.068	0.020	5	2–7ab	4	2–7a	5	3–9b	0.001	0.088**
Coffee	20	15–25a	18	14–22b	19	15–24ab	0.011	–0.008	6	2–10a	4	2–7b	5	3–10a	0.001	0.048
Water	19	15–23ab	18	14–22a	19	15–24b	0.037	0.053*	6	4–11a	4	2–7b	4	2–8b	0.001	–0.023

Different superscripts in the same row indicate a statistically significant difference between groups.

Kendall tau-b coefficient is significant at adj.* P < 0.05, adj.** P < 0.01, adj.***P < 0.001.

All significant adjusted P values are shown in bold.