Table 1.

Participants characteristics of men and women according to dietary patterns identified by the cluster analysis^*.

		Men (n = 644)			P-value	Women (n = 1,160)		P-value
		Healthy dietary practice	Healthy dietary pattern	Unhealthy dietary pattern		Unhealthy dietary pattern	Healthy dietary pattern
	Less than high school and high school	39	91	123	0.00**	296	178	0.17
Education	2 or 4 years of college degree	74	80	148		329	250
	Master's degree	7	36	24		45	41
	Doctoral/other professional degree	1	10	11		12	9
Exercise	None	8	38	83	0.00**	170	57	0.00**
	1 and 2 times	28	48	102		256	119
	3 and 4 times	41	50	76		178	182
	More than 4 times	44	81	45		78	120
Mental distress	Low (0–7)	74	122	163	0.02**	329	278	0.00**
	Moderate (8–12)	27	71	80		198	128
	Severe (13–29)	20	24	63		155	72

^*All tests are Chi-Square analysis.

^**P-values < 0.05 were considered significant.