Table 3.
General characteristics of participants by categories of dietary patterns
| Variables | Traditional dietary pattern | Fruit and vegetables dominant dietary pattern | Western dietary pattern | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than median | More than median | P-value | Less than median | More than median | P-value | Less than median | More than median | P-value | |||
| Age | 36.05±7.68 | 36.53±8.04 | 0.09 | 35.47±7.56 | 36.82±8.11 | <0.001 | 37.40±7.77 | 35.53±7.90 | <0.001 | ||
| BMI | 25.01±4.17 | 25.03±4.74 | 0.89 | 25.02±4.74 | 25.02±4.18 | 0.99 | 25.37±4.74 | 24.67±4.15 | <0.001 | ||
| GHQ score | 2.16±2.75 | 1.99±2.64 | 0.06 | 2.32±2.88 | 1.82±2.49 | <0.001 | 1.93±2.61 | 2.21±2.78 | 0.004 | ||
| Total stressors severity score | 28.02±18.93 | 28.50±19.45 | 0.46 | 29.76±19.86 | 26.76±18.38 | <0.001 | 28.06±19.20 | 28.44±19.18 | 0.59 | ||
| Sex | <0.001 | <0.001 | 666 (39.6%) | 737 (43.8%) | 0.01 | ||||||
| Male | 581 (34.6%) | 822 (49%) | 777 (46.2%) | 626 (37.2%) | 1,015 (60.4%) | 944 (56.2%) | |||||
| Female | 1,100 (65.4%) | 859 (51%) | 904 (53.8%) | 1,055 (62.8%) | 1,373 (83.4%) | 1,317 (80%) | |||||
| Marital status | 0.83 | 0.2 | 273 (16.6%) | 330 (20%) | 0.01 | ||||||
| Married | 1,339 (81.5%) | 1,351 (82%) | 1,357 (82.5%) | 1,333 (80.8%) | 906 (58.8%) | 984 (62.3%) | |||||
| Single | 303 (18.5%) | 300 (18%) | 287 (17.5%) | 316 (19.2%) | 636 (41.2%) | 595 (37.7%) | |||||
| Physical activity | 0.007 | <0.001 | 53 (3.5%) | 69 (4.6%) | 0.04 | ||||||
| 1 h/d | 909 (58.2%) | 981 (63%) | 848 (54.6%) | 1,042 (66.5%) | 1,405 (93.4%) | 1,371 (92.2%) | |||||
| <1 h/d | 653 (41.8%) | 578 (37%) | 706 (45.4%) | 525 (33.5%) | 47 (3.1%) | 47 (3.2%) | |||||
| Smoking | <0.001 | 0.06 | 243 (14.8%) | 153 (9.3%) | 0.3 | ||||||
| Quit smoking | 39 (2.6%) | 83 (5.5%) | 66 (4.4%) | 56 (3.7%) | 459 (28%) | 426 (25.9%) | |||||
| Have not smoked yet | 1,416 (95%) | 1,363 (90.5%) | 1,368 (91.8%) | 1,408 (93.8%) | 938 (57.2%) | 1,067 (64.8%) | |||||
| Current smoker | 34 (2.4%) | 60 (4%) | 57 (3.8%) | 37 (2.5%) | 37.40±7.77 | 35.53±7.90 | |||||
| Education level | <0.001 | <0.001 | 25.37±4.74 | 24.67±4.15 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Under diploma | 172 (10.5%) | 224 (13.6%) | 232 (14.2%) | 164 (9.9%) | 1.93±2.61 | 2.21±2.78 | |||||
| Diploma (12-year formal education) | 395 (24.1%) | 490 (29.8%) | 475 (29%) | 410 (24.9%) | 28.06±19.20 | 28.44±19.18 | |||||
| Collegiate | 1,075 (65.5%) | 930 (56.6%) | 930 (56.8%) | 1,075 (65.2%) | 666 (39.6%) | 737 (43.8%) | |||||
Continuous variables were reported as mean±SD, while categorical variables were reported as frequency (percentage).
Resulted from independent samples t-tests and chi-squared tests for continuous and categorical variables, respectively.
BMI, body mass index; GHQ, General Health Questionnaire.