Table 1 Basic characteristics of the participants based on the quartiles of adherence to the dietary patterns

Age (year)

5.22 ± 38.67

5.82 ± 39.26

4.82 ± 38.15

0.45

5.39 ± 38.69

3.95 ± 38.17

0.47

5.52 ± 38.97

4.59 ± 38.43

0.54

5.20 ± 38.54

4.73 ± 38.94

0.02

Height (cm)

6.19 ± 176.45

5.53 ± 177.18

6.30 ± 176.16

0.49

6.44 ± 176.32

5.41 ± 176.82

0.83

5.93 ± 176.67

6.24 ± 175.91

0.72

6.72 ± 176.45

6.14 ± 175.80

0.70

Weight (kg)

9.47 ± 78.55

10.30 ± 78.65

8.83 ± 77.25

0.45

10.23 ± 78.20

9.77 ± 79.60

0.59

7.87 ± 78.00

9.41 ± 78.13

0.09

9.04 ± 78.00

9.74 ± 77.70

0.56

BMI (kg/m²)

3.22 ± 25.28

3.42 ± 25.09

2.97 ± 24.94

0.46

3.17 ± 25.17

3.33 ± 25.50

0.88

2.80 ± 25.04

3.46 ± 25.33

0.12

3.09 ± 25.11

3.26 ± 25.18

0.86

Physical activity (MET-min/week)

42.96 ± 111.64

39.56 ± 113.57

44.28 ± 109.21

0.53

42.13 ± 112.78

40.99 ± 107.84

0.78

43.36 ± 108.64

41.84 ± 111.84

0.79

39.11 ± 118.59

47.51 ± 99.20

0.009

Marital status

0.49

0.98

0.42

0.91

Single

72 (18.0%)

21 (20.4%)

16 (16.8%)

18 (18.0%)

19 (19.0%)

14 (14.9%)

20 (17.4%)

21 (19.8%)

16 (18.8%)

Married

328 (82.0%)

77 (78.6%)

79 (83.2%)

82 (82.0%)

81 (81.0%)

80 (85.1%)

95 (82.6%)

85 (80.2%)

69 (81.2%)

Education level

0.31

0.58

0.77

0.67

Elementary

110 (27.5%)

27 (27.6%)

25 (26.3%)

23 (23.0%)

30 (30.0%)

25 (26.6%)

30 (26.1%)

30 (28.3%)

28 (32.9%)

High school

205 (51.2%)

46 (46.9%)

50 (52.6%)

56 (56.0%)

54 (54.0%)

48 (51.1%)

57 (49.6%)

52 (49.1%)

41 (48.2%)

University degree

85 (21.3%)

25 (25.5%)

20 (21.1%)

21 (21.0%)

16 (16.0%)

21 (22.3%)

28 (24.3%)

24 (22.6%)

16 (18.8%)

Smoking (yes)

17 (4.3%)

8 (8.2%)

0 (0.0%)

0.03

3 (3.0%)

4 (4.0%)

0.76

6 (6.4%)

2 (1.7%)

0.10

3 (2.8%)

1 (1.2%)

0.01

Stress (yes)

245 (61.3%)

69 (70.4%)

59 (62.1%)

0.14

59 (59.0%)

69 (69.0%)

0.33

56 (59.6%)

72 (62.6%)

0.77

66 (62.3%)

54 (63.4%)

0.86

Anxiety (yes)

253 (63.2%)

70 (71.4%)

57 (60.0%)

0.24

63 (63.0%)

72 (72.0%)

0.15

66 (70.2%)

71 (61.7%)

0.41

68 (64.2%)

46 (54.1%)

0.25

Depression (yes)

258 (64.5%)

63 (64.3%)

63 (66.3%)

0.68

70 (70.0%)

70 (70.0%)

0.13

64 (68.1%)

76 (66.1%)

0.60

68 (64.2%)

56 (65.9%)

0.99

Obesity (yes)

25 (6.3%)

7 (7.1%)

6 (6.3%)

0.34

7 (7.7%)

4 (4.0%)

0.68

2 (2.1%)

8 (7.0%)

0.22

5 (4.7%)

8 (9.4%)

0.47

Hypertension (yes)

140 (35.0%)

34 (34.7%)

35 (36.8%)

0.91

40 (40.0%)

35 (35.0%)

0.64

30 (31.9%)

44 (38.3%)

0.78

41 (38.7%)

27 (31.8%)

0.73

Type 2 diabetes (yes)

16 (4.0%)

5 (5.1%)

3 (3.2%)

0.92

3 (3.0%)

2 (2.0%)

0.45

3 (3.2%)

5 (4.3%)

0.85

5 (4.7%)

3 (3.5%)

0.71

Hypercholesterolemia (yes)

11 (2.8%)

3 (3.1%)

2 (2.1%)

0.39

2 (2.0%)

5 (5.0%)

0.35

2 (2.1%)

3 (2.6%)

0.95

1 (0.9%)

3 (3.5%)

0.45