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. 2021 May 19;13(5):1727. doi: 10.3390/nu13051727

Table 5.

Association between diet quality and sociodemographic, lifestyle and health-related factors in people with common mental disorders (n = 12,545) (SNHS 2006, SNHS 2011/2012 and SNHS 2017).

Variables Participants with Common Mental Disorders (n = 12,545)
Poor/Moderate Diet Quality (n = 7993)
n (%) OR (CI 95%) p-Value ORa (CI 95%) 1 p-Value
Gender
Female 3005 (37.60%) 0.68 (0.63–0.73) <0.001 0.70 (0.65–0.77) <0.001
Male 4988 (62.40%) Reference Reference
Age groups (years)
Emerging adults 487 (6.09%) 2.91 (2.13–3.97) <0.001 2.44 (1.60–3.36) <0.001
Young adults 2974 (37.21%) Reference Reference
Middle-aged adults 2698 (33.75%) 0.42 (0.38–0.46) <0.001 0.46 (0.41–0.51) <0.001
Older adults 1834 (22.95%) 0.26 (0.24–0.29) <0.001 0.31 (0.27–0.35) <0.001
Marital status
Never-married 2175 (27.21%) 2.31 (2.08–2.56) <0.001 1.35 (1.21–1.52) <0.001
Married 3982 (49.82%) Reference Reference
Widowed 1035 (12.95%) 0.67 (0.61–0.74) <0.001 1.09 (0.97–1.22) 0.13
Separated/divorced 801 (10.02%) 1.53 (1.34–1.76) <0.001 1.36 (1.18–1.57) <0.001
Social class
Classes I and II 1144 (14.31%) 0.91 (0.82–1.02) 0.10
Classes III and IV 3246 (40.61%) 0.96 (0.89–1.04) 0.35
Classes V and VI 3603 (45.08%) Reference
Educational level
Without formal education 1120 (14.01%) 0.55 (0.49–0.61) <0.001 1.24 (1.09–1.40) <0.01
Completed primary studies 1901 (23.78%) 0.70 (0.64–0.76) <0.001 1.17 (1.06–1.29) <0.01
Completed secondary studies or professional training 3939 (49.28%) Reference Reference
University studies 1033 (12.93%) 0.94 (0.84–1.06) 0.34 0.91 (0.80–1.04) 0.16
Nationality
Spanish 7353 (91.99%) Reference Reference
Foreign 640 (8.01%) 2.49 (2.07–2.98) <0.001 157 (1.30–1.90) <0.001
Population of town/city
<10,000 inhabitants 1794 (22.44%) 0.93 (0.85–1.01) 0.08
≥10,000 inhabitants 6199 (77.56%) Reference
Body Mass Index
Underweight 184 (2.30%) 1.53 (1.12–2.08) <0.01 1.29 (0.93–1.79) 0.13
Normal-weight 3515 (43.98%) Reference Reference
Overweight 2752 (34.43%) 0.67 (0.62–0.73) <0.001 0.83 (0.76–0.91) <0.001
Obese 1542 (19.29%) 0.64 (0.58–0.70) <0.001 0.84 (0.76–0.94) <0.01
Self-perceived health status
Very good 532 (6.66%) 1.50 (1.27–1.77) <0.001
Good 2650 (33.15%) 1.33 (1.22–1.46) <0.001
Fair 2911 (36.42%) Reference
Poor 1391 (17.40%) 0.87 (0.78–0.96) <0.01
Very poor 509 (6.37%) 0.97 (0.84–1.13) 0.70
Current smokers
Yes 2689 (33.64%) 2.35 (2.15–2.57) <0.001 1.59 (1.44–1.75) <0.001
No 5304 (66.36%) Reference Reference
Alcohol consumption in the past twelve months
Yes 2925 (36.59%) 1.21 (1.12–1.31) <0.001
No 5068 (63.41%) Reference
Physical exercise in main activity
Yes 4602 (57.58%) Reference
No 3391 (42.42%) 0.90 (0.84–0.97) <0.01
Leisure-time physical activity
Yes 3863 (48.33%) 0.86 (0.80–0.93) <0.001 0.78 (0.72–0.84) <0.001
No 4130 (51.67%) Reference Reference

1 OR = odds ratio; ORa = odds ratio adjusted for all sociodemographic, lifestyle and health-related factors; CI 95% = confidence Interval; n = number of people with a poor or moderate diet quality; Hosmer–Lemeshow test χ2 = 12.22, p = 0.14; Nagelkerke’s R2: 0.14; p-value < 0.001.