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Table 4 Association between frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption and Self-Reported Depression during past 12 months in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. World Health Survey, 2002–03

From: Association between depression and fruit and vegetable consumption among adults in South Asia

 

Bangladesh

India

Nepal

Vegetable consumption

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

5

-

-

-

<5

0.97 (0.48-2.01)

1.51 (0.82-2.76)

0.98 (0.17-3.6)

5+

0.67 (0.44-1.03)

1.08 (0.73-1.90)

0.99 (0.57-1.72)

Fruit consumption

5

-

-

-

<5

1.85 (0.93-3.69)

3.10 (1.57-6.10)

0.89 (0.47-1.61)

5+

0.81 (0.51-1.30)

1.10 (0.741-1.65)

1.06 (0.79-1.42)

  1. N.B. AOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence Interval. Adjusted for variable with a p-value less than 0.25 in the chi-square tests