Table 1.
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the components of the MEDAS-14 questionnaire according to the prevalence of metabolic syndrome.
| NMetS n = 158 (59.8%) |
MetS n = 106 (40.2%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | p-Value 1 | |
| Adherence to the MedDiet | |||
| Good (MEDAS-14 score ≥ 9) Low (MEDAS-14 score ≤ 8) |
66 (68.7) 92 (54.8) |
30 (31.3) 76 (45.2) |
0.026 |
| Adherence MedDiet (MEDAS-14 questionnaire) | |||
| 1. Do you use olive oil as your main source of cooking fat? | 156 (60.2) | 103 (39.8) | 0.361 |
| 2. Do you consume 4 or more tablespoons of oil per day (including oil used for frying, dressing, and meals away from home? | 63 (60.0) | 42 (40.0) | 0.967 |
| 3. Do you consume 2 or more servings of vegetables per day? Count side and half portions as ½ point; a full portion is 200 g. Consume <2 servings of vegetables /day |
34 (75.6) 124 (56.6) |
11 (24.4) 95 (43.4) |
0.018 |
| 4. Do you eat 3 or more pieces of fruit (including freshly squeezed juice) per day? | 98 (62.8) | 58 (37.2) | 0.236 |
| 5. Do you eat less than 1 serving per day of red meat, hamburgers, or sausages? One portion: 100–150 g. | 148 (59.9) | 99 (40.1) | 0.929 |
| 6. Do you consume less than 1 serving (12 g) of butter, margarine, or cream per day? | 135 (60.0) | 90 (40.0) | 0.904 |
| 7. Do you consume less than 1 serving of carbonated and/or sweetened beverages per day? | 140 (60.9) | 90 (39.1) | 0.379 |
| 8. Do you drink wine? Do you drink 7 or more glasses (100 mL) per week? | 50 (59.5) | 34 (40.5) | 0.941 |
| 9. Do you consume 3 or more servings (150 g) of legumes per week? | 60 (63.2) | 35 (36.8) | 0.411 |
| 10. Do you consume 3 or more portions of fish/seafood per week (100–150 g of fish, 4–5 pieces, or 200 g of seafood)? | 83 (62.4) | 50 (37.6) | 0.393 |
| 11. Do you consume less than 2 servings per week of commercial (not homemade) pastries, such as biscuits and cakes? | 83 (59.7) | 56 (40.3) | 0.962 |
| 12. Do you eat nuts 3 or more times a week (1 portion: 30 g)? Consume nuts <3 times/week |
74 (69.8) 84 (53.2) |
32 (30.2) 74 (46.8) |
0.007 |
| 13. Do you prefer to eat chicken, turkey, or rabbit instead of beef, pork, hamburgers, or sausages? | 95 (61.7) | 59 (38.3) | 0.471 |
| 14. Do you eat cooked vegetables, pasta, rice, or other foods with sofrito (tomato sauce simmered with olive oil, garlic, and onion and/or leek) 2 or more times a week? | 30 (54.5) | 25 (45.5) | 0.367 |
NMetS: no metabolic syndrome; MetS: with metabolic syndrome; 1 Pearson chi-square.