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Table 1 Characteristics of participants across anxiety status

From: Higher dietary fat quality is associated with lower anxiety score in women: a cross-sectional study

Variable

With anxiety (score ≥ 8)

N = 113

Without anxiety (score < 8)

N = 187

P-valuea

Age (year)b

30.63 ± 9.47 (18–49)

31.71 ± 8.56 (28–49)

0.3

Educational statusc

0.9

 Less than diploma

20 (17.7)

34 (18.2)

 

 Diploma and higher

93 (82.3)

153 (81.8)

 

Marital statusc

0.058

 Single

42 (37.2)

50 (26.7)

 

 Married

71 (62.8)

137 (73.3)

 

Jobc

0.005

 House wife

59 (52.2)

128 (68.4)

 

 Employed

54 (47.8)

59 (31.6)

 

Dietary supplement intakec

0.6

 Yes

54 (47.8)

84 (44.9)

 

 No

59 (52.2)

103 (55.1)

 

Total PAc (MET/min/week)

0.06

 Low

63 (55.8)

116 (62)

 

 Moderate

23 (20.4)

46 (24.6)

 

 High

27 (23.9)

25 (13.4)

 

Family sizeb

3.69 ± 0.93

3.58 ± 0.95

0.3

Parityb

0.98 ± 1.14

1.21 ± 1.21

0.04

Total energy intakeb (kcal/day)

2509 ± 589

2481 ± 518

0.6

HEIb

46.92 ± 5.95

46.93 ± 7.16

0.9

Anthropometric measures

 Heightb

161.38 ± 5.65

161.10 ± 11.96

0.8

 Body weight (kg)

66.38 ± 10.88

68.84 ± 10.45

0.053

 WC (cm)

84.09 ± 11.54

85.63 ± 10.68

0.2

 BMI (km/m2)

26.43 ± 6.92

26.59 ± 3.82

0.7

Energy-adjusted dietary intake/dd

 Total fat (g)

84.69 ± 17.36

82.77 ± 13.24

0.2

 SFAs (g)

27.34 ± 6.34

24.69 ± 4.48

 < 0.001

 MUFAs (g)

25.19 ± 4.40

26.45 ± 4.48

0.01

 Oleic acid (g)

22.34 ± 4.13

24.00 ± 4.32

0.001

 PUFAs (g)

15.26 ± 3.74

16.12 ± 4.39

0.08

 Dietary cholesterol (mg)

274.8 ± 71.8

265.2 ± 66.7

0.2

 n-3 PUFAs (g)

0.90 ± 0.35

0.89 ± 0.32

0.8

 ALA (g)

1.04 ± 0.35

1.39 ± 0.51

 < 0.001

 DHA (g)

0.09 ± 0.10

0.10 ± 0.11

0.3

 EPA (g)

0.02 ± 0.03

0.03 ± 0.03

0.3

 n-6 PUFAs (g)

8.82 ± 4.01

8.46 ± 3.82

0.4

 n-3: n-6 PUFAs

0.10 ± 0.02

0.11 ± 0.03

0.3

  1. Physical activity: low (less than 600 MET/min/week), moderate (600–3000 MET/min/week), and high (more than 3000 MET/min/week)
  2. HEI Healthy eating index, WC Waist circumference, BMI body mass index, PA physical activity, MET metabolic equivalent, SFAs saturated fatty acids, MUFAs monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFAs polyunsaturated fatty acids, ALA alpha-linolenic acid, DHA docosahexaenoic acid, EPA eicosapentaenoic acids
  3. aChi-square test
  4. bMean and standard deviation for quantitative variables
  5. cNumber (%) for qualitative variables
  6. dIndependent t test