Table 2.
Mediterranean Diet Quality Index statistics for the total sample.
| Items | Baseline | After 7 Days | McNemar Test (p-Value) |
Kappa (κ) Statistics |
95%CI Kappa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
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| 1. Fruit or fruit juice daily | 458 (75.6) | 147 (24.3) | 467 (77.1) | 138 (22.8) | 0.335 | 0.683 | 0.614 to 0.753 |
| 2. Second serving of fruit daily | 130 (21.5) | 475 (78.4) | 134 (22.1) | 471 (77.7) | 0.698 | 0.709 | 0.641 to 0.778 |
| 3. Fresh or cooked vegetables daily | 434 (71.6) | 171 (28.2) | 420 (69.3) | 185 (30.5) | 0.098 | 0.753 | 0.696 to 0.811 |
| 4. Fresh or cooked vegetables > 1/day | 237 (39.1) | 368 (60.7) | 238 (39.3) | 367 (60.6) | 1.000 | 0.546 | 0.478 to 0.614 |
| 5. Regular fish consumption (at least 2–3/week) | 92 (15.2) | 513 (84.7) | 111 (18.3) | 494 (81.5) | 0.011 | 0.699 | 0.622 to 0.776 |
| 6. >1/week fast-food (hamburger) restaurant | 401 (66.2) | 204 (33.7) | 369 (60.9) | 236 (38.9) | 0.001 | 0.701 | 0.642 to 0.760 |
| 7. Pulses > 1/week | 543 (89.6) | 62 (10.2) | 546 (90.1) | 59 (9.7) | 0.775 | 0.550 | 0.438 to 0.662 |
| 8. Pasta or rice almost daily ( ≥ 5/week) | 558 (92.1) | 47 (7.8) | 559 (92.2) | 46 (7.6) | 1.000 | 0.569 | 0.444 to 0.694 |
| 9. Cereal or cereal product for breakfast | 405 (66.8) | 200 (33.0) | 395 (65.2) | 210 (34.7) | 0.363 | 0.639 | 0.574 to 0.704 |
| 10. Regular nut consumption (at least 2–3/week) | 170 (28.1) | 435 (71.8) | 170 (28.1) | 435 (71.8) | 0.916 | 0.632 | 0.563 to 0.701 |
| 11. Use of olive oil at home | 220 (36.3) | 385 (63.5) | 225 (37.1) | 380 (62.7) | 0.486 | 0.883 | 0.844 to 0.922 |
| 12. No breakfast | 59 (9.7) | 546 (90.1) | 60 (9.9) | 545 (89.9) | 1.000 | 0.860 | 0.791 to 0.930 |
| 13. Dairy product for breakfast | 280 (46.2) | 325 (53.6) | 270 (44.6) | 335 (55.3) | 0.282 | 0.767 | 0.715 to 0.818 |
| 14. Commercially baked goods or pastries for breakfast | 65 (10.7) | 540 (89.1) | 55 (9.1) | 550 (90.8) | 0.133 | 0.667 | 0.566 to 0.768 |
| 15. Two yoghurts and/or 40 g cheese daily | 81 (13.4) | 524 (86.5) | 82 (13.5) | 523 (86.3) | 1.000 | 0.582 | 0.486 to 0.678 |
| 16. Sweets and candy several times a day | 224 (37.0) | 381 (62.9) | 223 (36.8) | 382 (63.0) | 1.000 | 0.776 | 0.724 to 0.829 |
| KIDMED index score | |||||||
| Poor (≤3) | 31 (5.1) | 29 (4.8) | 0.568 | 0.727 | 0.676 to 0.778 | ||
| Average (4–7) | 208 (34.3) | 219 (36.1) | |||||
| Good (≥8) | 366 (60.4) | 357 (58.9) | |||||
Kappa values ≤ 0.20, 0.21 to 0.40, 0.41 to 0.60, 0.61 to 0.80, and 0.81 to 1.00 represent poor, fair, moderate, good, and excellent agreement respectively.