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

Table 6.

Association between diet quality and sociodemographic, lifestyle and health-related factors in people without common mental disorders (n = 48,079) (SNHS 2006, SNHS 2011/2012 and SNHS 2017).

Variables Participants without Common Mental Disorders (n = 48,079)
Poor/Moderate Diet Quality (n = 32,008)
n (%) OR (CI 95%) p-Value ORa (CI 95%) 1 p-Value
Gender
Female 15,288 (47.76%) 0.63 (0.60–0.65) <0.001 0.62 (0.59–0.65) <0.001
Male 16,720 (52.24%) Reference Reference
Age groups (years)
Emerging adults 2564 (8.01%) 2.19 (1.93–2.47) <0.001 1.77 (1.56–2.01) <0.001
Young adults 13,655 (42.66%) Reference Reference
Middle-aged adults 10,193 (31.85%) 0.45 (0.43–0.47) <0.001 0.48 (0.45–0.50) <0.001
Older adults 5596 (17.48%) 0.26 (0.24–0.27) <0.001 0.29 (0.26–0.31) <0.001
Marital status
Never-married 9765 (30.51%) 2.07 (1.97–2.18) <0.001 1.31 (1024–1.38) <0.001
Married 18,144 (56.68%) Reference Reference
Widowed 2099 (6.56%) 0.55 (0.51–0.58) <0.001 1.06 (0.99–1.14) 0.11
Separated/divorced 2000 (6.25%) 1.25 (1.15–1.36) <0.001 1.20 (1.10–1.31) <0.001
Social class
Classes I and II 6309 (19.71%) 0.89 (0.84–0.93) <0.001 0.89 (0.84–0.94) <0.001
Classes III and IV 13,452 (42.03%) Reference Reference
Classes V and VI 12,247 (38.26%) 1.09 (1.05–1.14) <0.001 1.08 (1.03–1.13) <0.01
Educational level
Without formal education 2543 (7.95%) 0.49 (0.46–0.52) <0.001 1.00 (0.93–1.08) 0.99
Completed primary studies 6473 (20.22%) 0.63 (0.60–0.66) <0.001 1.02 (0.96–1.08) 0.53
Completed secondary studies or professional training 16,933 (52.90%) Reference Reference
University studies 6059 (18.93%) 0.79 (0.75–0.83) <0.001 0.90 (0.84–0.95) <0.01
Nationality
Spanish 29,539 (92.29%) Reference Reference
Foreign 2469 (7.71%) 1.89 (1.73–2.06) <0.001 1.23 (1.12–1.34) <0.001
Population of town/city
<10,000 inhabitants 7933 (24,78%) 1.01 (0.96–1.10) 0.82
≥10,000 inhabitants 24,075 (75.22%) Reference
Body Mass Index
Underweight 632 (1.97%) 1.69 (1.42–2.01) <0.001 1.47 (1.23–1.77) <0.001
Normal-weight 14,397 (44.98%) Reference Reference
Overweight 11,894 (37.16%) 0.83 (0.79–0.86) <0.001 0.98 (0.93–1.02) 0.55
Obese 5085 (15.89%) 0.78 (0.74–0.82) <0.001 0.98 (0.93–1.04) 0.32
Self-perceived health status
Very good 6876 (21.48%) 1.27 (1.20–1.33) <0.001 1.02 (0.96–1.07) 0.61
Good 17,988 (56.20%) Reference Reference
Fair 5910 (18.47%) 0.70 (0.66–0.73) <0.001 0.93 (0.88–0.98) <0.01
Poor 1048 (3.27%) 0.63 (0.58–0.70) <0.001 0.91 (0.82–1.03) 0.06
Very poor 186 (0.58%) 0.57 (0.46–0.70) <0.001 0.80 (0.64–0.99) 0.04
Current smokers
Yes 9952 (31.09%) 2.01 (1.92–2.10) <0.001 1.42 (1.36–1.50) <0.001
No 22,056 (68.91%) Reference Reference
Alcohol consumption in the past twelve months
Yes 14,321 (44.74%) 1.16 (1.11–1.20) <0.001 1.04 (1.01–1.09) 0.04
No 17,687 (55.26%) Reference Reference
Physical activity in main activity
Physically active 21,164 (66.12%) Reference
Not physically active 10,844 (33.88%) 1.01 (0.97–1.06) 0.52
Leisure-time physical activity
Yes 19,381 (60.55%) Reference Reference
No 12,627 (39.45%) 1.47 (1.42–1.53) <0.001 1.47 (1.40–1.53) <0.001

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 = 19.53, p = 0.12; Nagelkerke’s R2: 0.14; p-value < 0.001.