Table 2.

Dietary intake of the study participants by quartile of ultra-processed food intake.

	Q1 (n = 183)	Q2 (n = 183)	Q3 (n = 184)	Q4 (n = 183)	p Trend *
Energy (kcal)	2049.95 ± 669.83	2584.21 ± 680.84	2897.45 ± 671.77	3355.68 ± 702.49	<0.001
Mass-produced packaged breads (gr)	2.06 ± 4.45	5.63 ± 14.44	9.30 ± 19.30	16.06 ± 32.89	<0.001
Sausages and other reconstituted meat products (gr)	2.966 ± 3.94	5.98 ± 7.88	9.84 ± 12.196	11.93 ± 11.39	<0.001
Confectionary (gr)	13.306 ± 11.26	18.75 ± 14.56	25.30 ± 19.30	32.98 ± 24.39	<0.001
Ice cream, ice pops and frozen Yogurts (gr)	5.326 ± 7.38	9.81 ± 12.86	13.84 ± 17.47	23.60 ± 47.13	<0.001
Biscuits (gr)	2.536 ± 5.07	3.83 ± 8.48	5.23 ± 9.05	7.77 ± 14.90	<0.001
Pastries, buns and cakes (gr)	8.766 ± 11.47	16.32 ± 15.74	24.41 ± 22.63	28.76 ± 36.88	<0.001
Industrial French fries (gr)	4.516 ± 5.70	11.94 ± 11.63	20.78 ± 23.33	33.10 ± 34.88	<0.001
Margarine and other spreads (gr)	0.05 ± 0.38	0.37 ± 2.36	0.71 ± 4.56	0.45 ± 2.64	0.99
Sugar-sweetened milk-based drinks (gr)	13.92 ± 35.22	18.85 ± 35.52	30.48 ± 53.22	38.13 ± 64.25	<0.001
Sauces, dressing and gravies (gr)	2.84 ± 3.66	5.51 ± 6.41	7.98 ± 14.69	10.20 ± 11.26	<0.001
Fruit drinks and iced teas (gr)	4.33 ± 7.42	11.72 ± 16.16	19.35 ± 26.68	62.30 ± 87.62	<0.001
Soft drinks, carbonated (gr)	7.08 ± 10.32	24.49 ± 24.87	42.14 ± 42.18	157.49 ± 167.96	<0.001
Packaged salty snacks (gr)	2.10 ± 2.71	4.13 ± 5.15	6.47 ± 6.67	10.13 ± 11.97	<0.001
Frozen pizza (gr)	7.646 ± 34.27	7.66 ± 15.12	10.86 ± 20.01	15.33 ± 23.36	<0.01

Values are means ± SDs. * Obtained from linear regression.