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. 2020 Dec 8;7:592112. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.592112

Table 3.

Reported changes (%) in general dietary habits and physical activity level during lockdown, at an overall level as well as by gender and adherence to MedDiet, with associated χ2 p values.

All Gendera MEDAS group
Male Female Cramer's V p Low Medium High Cramer's V p
Olive oil Lower 5.7 5.2 5.9 0.02 0.680 5.4 6.3 3.6 0.08 <0.001
As before 88.8 89.7 88.5 91.0 87.1 83.4
Higher 5.5 5.1 5.7 3.6 6.6 13.0
Vegetables Lower 19.5 12.4 22.4 0.11 <0.001 21.4 18.4 16.3 0.07 <0.001
As before 69.2 76.4 66.3 69.9 67.6 69.7
Higher 11.3 11.2 11.3 8.6 14.0 14.0
Fruit Lower 24.9 21.0 26.5 0.08 <0.001 27.0 23.6 17.2 0.05 0.022
As before 64.0 70.2 61.5 62.9 64.7 68.0
Higher 11.1 8.8 12.0 10.1 11.7 14.8
Red meat Lower 12.3 9.9 13.2 0.05 0.071 10.2 14.1 16.0 0.07 <0.001
As before 76.2 78.7 75.3 75.5 76.7 78.7
Higher 11.5 11.4 11.5 14.2 9.2 5.3
Carb beverages Lower 5.6 6.9 4.9 0.05 0.028 5.0 6.3 5.3 0.10 <0.001
As before 73.0 74.3 72.6 68.2 76.8 85.8
Higher 21.4 18.8 22.5 26.9 16.9 8.9
Legumes Lower 8.6 5.2 9.9 0.08 <0.001 9.2 8.4 4.7 0.06 0.001
As before 84.4 88.6 82.7 85.5 83.1 83.4
Higher 7.1 6.2 7.3 5.3 8.4 11.8
Fish Lower 8.4 6.6 9.1 0.07 0.003 7.8 9.5 6.5 0.06 0.002
As before 75.8 80.5 73.9 78.7 73.2 70.4
Higher 15.8 12.9 17.0 13.4 17.4 23.1
Pastries (commercial) Lower 18.4 15.5 19.5 0.07 0.001 16.2 20.5 20.7 0.10 <0.001
As before 60.6 66.1 58.3 57.1 63.7 66.9
Higher 21.1 18.4 22.2 26.6 15.8 12.4
Pastries (homemade) Lower 8.1 6.9 8.6 0.13 <0.001 7.3 8.4 12.4 0.05 0.007
As before 53.8 64.0 49.6 51.8 55.5 58.0
Higher 38.1 29.1 41.8 40.9 36.0 29.6
Fried foods Lower 17.7 16.5 18.2 0.03 0.291 17.7 18.2 14.8 0.04 0.104
As before 78.2 78.5 78.1 77.4 78.1 84.0
Higher 4.1 4.9 3.8 4.9 3.6 1.2
Alcohol Lower 14.1 13.4 14.3 0.05 0.037 13.0 15.1 16.0 0.03 0.178
As before 55.6 59.5 53.9 57.6 52.9 56.8
Higher 30.3 27.1 31.7 29.4 32.0 27.2
Fast food Lower 25.4 25.6 25.3 0.01 0.773 24.8 25.9 26.6 0.08 <0.001
As before 59.5 58.6 59.9 56.4 62.1 66.9
Higher 15.1 15.8 14.8 18.8 12.0 6.5
a

The four respondents who did not identify as either male or female (cf. Table 1) are not included in this analysis.

Differences between gender and MEDAS groups were assessed by Pearson's χ2 test. Associated effect sizes (Cramer's V) and p-values are reported. Significant p-values (<0.05) are italicized.