Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Representative Adult Population in Casablanca City, Morocco: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
The main baseline of sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics of the study, n = 719.
All n = 719
Women n = 346
Men n = 373
P value
Age, years
38.99 ± 15.31
40.90 ± 14.48
37.22 ± 15.86
0.001
Weight (kg)
71.43 ± 14.09
72.57 ± 15.34
70.38 ± 12.75
0.037
Height (m)
1.66 ± 0.10
1.60 ± 0.08
1.71 ± 0.08
<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)
26.05 ± 6.27
28.26 ± 6.75
24.00 ± 6.75
<0.0001
Age group
0.005
≤29
34.1 (245)
28.6 (99)
39.1 (146)
30–45
33.0 (237)
33.5 (116)
32.4 (121)
≥46
33.0 (237)
37.9 (131)
28.4 (106)
Marital status
0.001
Not married
48.5 (349)
41.9 (145)
54.7 (204)
Married
51.5 (370)
58.1 (201)
45.3 (169)
Occupation
<0.0001
With job
65.0 (467)
48.8 (169)
79.9 (298)
Without job
35.0 (252)
51.2 (177)
20.1 (75)
Education
<0.0001
Illiterate
18.2 (131)
26.6 (92)
10.5 (39)
<6 years
20.4 (147)
21.4 (74)
19.6 (73)
≥6 years
61.3 (441)
52.0 (180)
70.0 (261)
Housing
0.175
Traditional housing
2.6 (19)
2.9 (10)
2.4 (9)
Luxurious
3.6 (26)
4.6 (16)
2.7 (10)
Flat
53.4 (384)
50.3 (174)
56.3 (210)
Modern
24.5 (176)
23.7 (82)
25.2 (94)
Poor housing
15.9 (114)
18.5 (64)
13.4 (50)
Smoking
<0.0001
Current smoker
18.3 (131)
3.5 (12)
32.2 (119)
Ex-smoker
9.1 (65)
3.5 (12)
14.3 (53)
Never smoker
72.6 (520)
93.0 (322)
53.5 (198)
Alcohol consumption
<0.0001
Consumer
6.8 (49)
1.7 (6)
11.5 (43)
Nonconsumer
93.2 (670)
98.3 (340)
88.5 (330)
BMI class
<0.0001
Underweight
5.8 (42)
4.6 (16)
7.0 (26)
Normal
43.5 (313)
30.6 (106)
55.5 (207)
Overweight
29.6 (213)
29.8 (103)
29.5 (110)
Obesity
21.0 (151)
35.0 (121)
8.0 (30)
T-student test (mean ± standard deviation), chi2 test (percent (number)), BMI: body mass index. Statistically significant differences are defined as .
