Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population according to tertiles of the Sustainable and Healthy Eating (SHED) Index score.
| SHED tertiles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Overall, N = 525a | Lowa | Mediuma | Higha | p -valueb |
| Age (years) | 32 (10) | 30 (8) | 32 (10) | 35 (10) | <0.001 |
| Gender (women) | 259 (49%) | 54 (31%) | 86 (49%) | 119 (68%) | <0.001 |
| Married | 259 (49%) | 78 (45%) | 89 (51%) | 92 (52%) | 0.4 |
| Employed | 396 (76%) | 133 (77%) | 126 (72%) | 137 (78%) | 0.4 |
| People per room | 0.85 (0.34) | 0.88 (0.34) | 0.86 (0.37) | 0.82 (0.30) | 0.2 |
| Education (academic) | 432 (82%) | 129 (75%) | 150 (86%) | 153 (87%) | 0.004 |
| Smoking | 66 (13%) | 30 (17%) | 21 (12%) | 15 (8.5%) | 0.043 |
| Physical activity (minutes/week) | 161 (155) | 127 (152) | 169 (155) | 186 (152) | <0.001 |
| Self- rated poor healthc | 18 (3.4%) | 7 (4.0%) | 7 (4.0%) | 4 (2.3%) | 0.6 |
| Sum of unhealthy daysc | 4.5 (6.0) | 4.6 (6.2) | 4.7 (6.2) | 4.3 (5.6) | 0.8 |
| Weight statusd | 0.059 | ||||
| Normal | 332 (63%) | 98 (57%) | 107 (61%) | 127 (72%) | |
| Obese | 42 (8.0%) | 14 (8.1%) | 17 (9.7%) | 11 (6.2%) | |
| Overweight | 146 (28%) | 58 (34%) | 51 (29%) | 37 (21%) | |
| Eating pattern | <0.001 | ||||
| Flexitarian | 78 (15%) | 9 (5.2%) | 22 (12%) | 47 (27%) | |
| High animal-based food | 77 (15%) | 39 (23%) | 21 (12%) | 17 (9.7%) | |
| Omnivore | 312 (60%) | 121 (70%) | 124 (70%) | 67 (38%) | |
| Vegetarian/vegan | 56 (11%) | 3 (1.7%) | 9 (5.1%) | 44 (25%) | |
a
Mean (SD); n (%). SHED tertile values: tertile 1: SHED <17, tertile 2: 17 ≤SHED <27.9, tertile 3: SHED ≥27.9.
b
Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test; Pearson's Chi-squared test; Fisher's exact test.
c
Summary from Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) questions—unhealthy days with compromised physical or mental health in the last month and self-rated general health.
d
Self-reported weight status.