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 |