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Table 5 Association between frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption during past 30 days and Self-Reported Depression in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. World Health Survey, 2002–03

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

Variables

Bangladesh

India

Nepal

 

Severe-extreme

Mild-moderate

Severe-extreme

Mild-moderate

Severe-extreme

Mild-

moderate

Vegetable consumption

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

5

      

<5

1.06 (0.7-1.61)

0.96 (0.55-1.34)

1.414 (0.60-3.33)

1.57 (0.93-2.64)

0.89 (0.44-1.66)

0.93 (0.72-1.19)

5+

0.967 (0.47-1.96)

0.934 (0.72-1.21)

1.018 (0.81-2.13)

1.06 (0.78-1.43)

1.183 (0.87-1.88)

0.898 (0.50-1.17)

Fruit consumption

5

      

<5

3.48 (1.21-10.01)

1.44 (0.89-2.32)

0.89 (0.34-1.04)

1.08 (0.74-1.57)

2.929 (1.12-7.64)

1.41 (0.89-2.24)

5+

1.127 (0.96-5.14)

1.172 (0.68-2.74)

0.948 (0.31-2.34)

1.001 (0.61-1.63)

1.076 (0.87-4.02)

1.11 (0.66-2.53)

  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