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. 2022 Mar 24;49:348–356. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2022.03.023

Table 2.

Association between unhealthy eating by NOVA system and sleep quality in adults during the covid-19 pandemic.

Food consumption score Min. and max. values Frequency (95% CI) Unadjusted analysis
Adjusted analysisc
OR 95% CI p-trendd OR 95% CI p-trendd
Quartile scorea
Q1 0–4 21.4 (17.7–25.5) 1.00 0.056 1.00 - 0.013
Q2 5–8 28.6 (23.8–33.9) 1.43 0.82–2.49 1.54 0.82–2.87
Q3 9–12 24.1 (20.2–28.6) 1.44 0.92–2.24 1.71 1.03–2.85
Q4 13–30 25.9 (21.3–31.1) 2.01 1.09–3.73 2.44 1.32–4.50
Replaced lunch or dinner for UPFb
Not replace lunch 98.9 (98.1–99.4) 1.00 - 1.00
Replace lunch with UPF 1.1 (0.6–1.9) 2.07 0.72–5.92 1.45 0.42–5.01
Not replace dinner 85.4 (81.9–88.4) 1.00 - 1.00
Replace dinner with UPF 14.6 (11.6–18.2) 2.15 1.27–3.46 2.01 1.14–3.57

UPF: Ultra-processed foods.

a

Quartiles of food consumption score distribution. Q1 are the lowest values of the score, characterized by the highest consumption of fresh and minimally processed foods and highest consumption of ultra-processed foods. Q4 are the highest values of the score, characterized by the lowest consumption of fresh and minimally processed foods and the highest consumption of ultra-processed foods.

b

Replaced lunch and/or dinner, a home cooked meal, mostly prepared with fresh/minimally processed foods, to ultra-processed foods, for five or more days in the week.

c

Adjusted analysis by the following minimum set of variables: age, sex, family income, marital status, and anxiety symptoms.

d

Linear trend tests.