Table 3.

Partial correlation between ∆ dietary intake patterns and weight gain during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Food Groups/Items 1	Partial Correlation, rpartial 2	p-Value 3
Level 1
Fruits	0.007	0.818
Vegetables
Dark green vegetables	−0.027	0.393
Other vegetables	−0.017	0.589
Level 2
Cereals and grains	0.105	0.001
Tubers
White tubers and roots	0.028	0.370
Vitamin A-rich tubers	−0.027	0.376
Level 3
Legumes, nuts and seeds	0.002	0.943
Fish and shellfish	0.029	0.356
Flesh meats	0.052	0.095
Eggs	0.050	0.107
Milk and dairy products	0.031	0.313
Level 4
Oils and fats	0.140	<0.001
Sugars and sweets	0.085	0.006
Salts	0.039	0.206
Plain water	−0.053	0.088

¹ Dietary intakes were dummy coded as 0 = reduced intakes/remained the same and 1 = increased intakes. ² Partial correlation with the adjustment of gender, age, ethnicity, marital status and educational attainment. ³ Variable which portrays a p-value of less than 0.25 (p < 0.25) was included into hierarchical multiple regression model.