Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Representative Adult Population in Casablanca City, Morocco: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Distribution of the daily dietary intake of food groups in relation to simplified Mediterranean-dietary score, n = 719.

Dietary variable	Women n = 346				Men n = 373
	All	Low-diet score 1–4% (n) 42.8 (148)	High-diet score 5–8% (n) 57.2 (198)	P value	All	Low-diet score 1–4% (n) 38.3 (143)	High-diet score 5–8% (n) 61.7 (230)	P value
Vegetables
Median	4.73			<0.0001	4.60			<0.0001
≥Median		20.3 (30)	72.2 (143)			25.2 (36)	65.7 (151)
<Median		79.7 (118)	27.8 (55)			74.8 (107)	34.3 (79)
Legumes				<0.0001				<0.0001
Median	0.42				0.42
≥Median		43.9 (65)	78.8 (156)			60.1 (86)	84.8 (195)
<Median		56.1 (83)	21.2 (42)			39.9 (57)	15.2 (35)
Fruits				<0.0001				<0.0001
Median	2.71				2.46
≥Median		20.3 (30)	76.3 (151)			25.5 (35)	66.1 (152)
<Median		79.7 (118)	23.7 (47)			75.5 (108)	33.9 (78)
Cereals				<0.0001				<0.0001
Median	4.85				4.85
≥Median		31.8 (47)	68.2 (135)			29.4 (42)	65.7 (151)
<Median		61.8 (101)	31.8 (63)			70.6 (101)	34.3 (79)
Fish				<0.0001				<0.0001
Median	0.28				0.42
≥Median		45.3 (67)	86.4 (171)			32.2 (46)	65.2 (150)
<Median		54.7 (81)	13.6 (27)			67.8 (97)	34.8 (80)
Dairy products				0.475				0.009
Median	2.14				2.14
≥Median		52.2 (78)	56.6 (112)			57.3 (82)	56.5 (130)
<Median		47.3 (70)	43.4 (86)			42.6 (61)	43.5 (100)
Meat				<0.0001				<0.0001
Median	0.85				0.85
≥Median		63.5 (94)	42.9 (85)			52.4 (75)	31.3 (72)
<Median		36.8 (54)	57.1 (113)			47.6 (68)	68.7 (158)
Olive oil				<0.0001				<0.0001
Consumer		85.8 (127)	99.5 (197)			86.7 (124)	97.4 (224)
Non consumer		14.2 (21)	0.5 (1)			13.3 (19)	2.6 (6)