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

Table 5

Food groups’ consumption according to the categories of adherence to Mediterranean diet.

Adherence to MD	High adherence n = 428	Low adherence n = 291	P value
Food Groups
Dairy products	2.08 (1.12)	2.22 (1.31)	0.005
Vegetables	5.61 (2.17)	4.04 (1.73)	<0.0001
Fruits	3.21 (1.51)	1.94 (1.25)	<0.0001
Cereals	4.56 (1.50)	3.79 (2.27)	<0.0001
Legumes	0.75 (0.54)	0.52 (0.53)	<0.0001
Fish	0.57 (0.53)	0.33 (0.35)	<0.0001
Meat	0.95 (0.65)	1.02 (0.61)	0.001
Olive oil	98.4%	86.3%	<0.0001

Frequency of consumption per week, number of portions per week. Percentage of consumption of olive oil. Variables (and) are presented as mean (standard deviation). Statistically significant differences are defined as .