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. 2023 Jan 25;54:122–129. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.01.022

Table 3.

Changes in food consumption in Covid-19 pandemic according to CAS.

	Food Intake	Coronavirus Anxiety Scale		P^a
	Food Intake	Anxiety (n = 783)	Non-anxiety (n = 166)	P^a
Milk & dairy products	Increased	320 (40.9)^a	85 (51.2)^b	x² = 6.282 p = 0.043
	Decreased	50 (6.4)^a	7 (4.2)^a
	Unchanged	413 (52.7)^a	74 (44.6)^a
Meats & egg	Increased	337 (43.0)	81 (48.8)	x² = 3.963 p = 0.138
	Decreased	61 (7.8)	17 (10.2)
	Unchanged	385 (49.2)	68 (41.0)
Legumes	Increased	249 (31.8)	64 (38.6)	x² = 3.849 p = 0.146
	Decreased	92 (11.7)	22 (13.3)
	Unchanged	442 (56.4)	80 (48.2)
Bread & Grain products	Increased	237 (30.3)^a	70 (42.2)^b	x² = 10.201 p = 0.006
	Decreased	170 (21.7)^a	36 (21.7)^a
	Unchanged	376 (48.0)^a	60 (36.1)^b
Vegetables	Increased	366 (46.7)^a	97 (58.4)^a	x² = 8.019 p = 0.018
	Decreased	63 (8.0)^a	13 (7.8)^a
	Unchanged	354 (45.2)^a	56 (33.7)^b
Fruits	Increased	445 (56.8)^a	121 (72.9)^b	x² = 15066 p < 0.001
	Decreased	53 (6.8)^a	9 (5.4)^a
	Unchanged	285 (36.4)^a	36 (21.7)^b
Black tea & coffee	Increased	374 (47.8)^a	100 (60.2)^b	x² = 8.999 p = 0.011
	Decreased	100 (12.8)^a	19 (11.4)^a
	Unchanged	309 (39.5)^a	47 (28.3)^b
Packaged food	Increased	184 (23.5)^a	56 (33.7)^b	x² = 8.182 p = 0.017
	Decreased	280 (35.8)^a	56 (33.7)^b
	Unchanged	319 (40.7)^a	54 (32.5)^b

^a

Chi-square test (post hoc, Bonferroni method); different letters (a, b) represent statistically significance.