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Table 2 General characteristics of the participants in the study across tertiles of MIND

From: Adherence to the MIND diet is inversely associated with odds and severity of anxiety disorders: a case–control study

 

MIND

P value

 

T1

85

T2

74

T3

96

 

n

MIND score range

(1.5,6.5)

(7,9)

(9.5–13)

 

Age (year)

39.71 ± 12.73

31.62 ± 9.09

31.33 ± 11.02

 < 0.001

Weight (Kg)

69.71 ± 12.72

67.73 ± 12.71

69.01 ± 13.62

0.622

Height (m)

162.11 ± 14.34

168.21 ± 8.96

168.14 ± 10.15

0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

27.91 ± 17.63

23.72 ± 3.56

24.42 ± 4.49

0.029

Sex, n (%)

 Male

22 (28.93)

20 (26.32)

34 (44.75)

0.310

 Female

63 (35.24)

54 (30.12)

62 (34.64)

 

Current health status n (%)

 Healthy

74 (31.42)

72 (30.44)

90 (38.14)

0.042

 Non-healthy

11 (57.96)

2 (10.41)

6 (31.63)

Past medical history n (%)

 Healthy

72 (30.62)

68 (28.92)

95 (40.46)

0.002

 Non-healthy

13 (65.04)

6 (30.03)

1 (4.93)

Medication n (%)

 Yes

17 (63.05)

4 (14.74)

6 (22.21)

0.003

 No

68 (29.73)

70 (30.71)

90 (39.56)

Supplement n (%)

 Yes

53 (35.82)

32 (21.53)

63 (42.65)

0.008

 No

32 (29.80)

42 (39.37)

33 (30.83)

Marital status n (%)

 Single

63 (50.00)

30 (23.80)

33 (26.20)

 < 0.001

 Married

22 (17.10)

44 (34.10)

63 (48.80)

Education n (%)

 Undergraduate

7 (63.64)

4 (36.36)

0 (0.00)

0.006

 Diploma

23 (45.14)

15 (29.41)

13 (25.45)

 College education

55 (28.51)

55 (28.51)

83 (42.98)

Smoking, n (%)

 Yes

13 (32.52)

18 (45.05)

9 (22.43)

0.029

 No

72 (33.54)

56 (25.90)

87 (40.56)

Alcohol, n (%)

 Yes

9 (45.00)

11 (55.00)

0 (0.00)

0.494

 No

76 (32.34)

63 (26.75)

96 (40.91)

Physical activity, n (%)

 Low

40 (36.71)

29 (26.58)

40 (36.71)

0.303

 Moderate

27 (30.32)

23 (25.85)

39 (43.83)

 High

85 (33.36)

74 (29.04)

96 (37.60)

  1. P value less than 0.05 was considered significant
  2. Values are based on mean ± standard deviation or reported percentage
  3. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for quantitative data and Chi-2 test for qualitative data have been used
  4. MIND Mediterranean-DASH diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, BMI body mass index, cm centimeter, kg kilogram, m meter, n numbers
  5. Subjects in the first tertile of MIND had MIND score between (1.5,6.5); second tertile: between (7,9); third tertile: between (9.5–13)