Can Following Paleolithic and Mediterranean Diets Reduce the Risk of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study on Iranian Women
Table 2
General characteristics of participants across the tertiles of PD and MD scores.
Variable
Total 435
PD
value
MD
value
T1 152
T2 132
T3 151
T1 132
T2 147
T3 156
Age (year)
31.37 ± 7.52
30.67 ± 7.64
31.26 ± 7.53
32.18 ± 7.35
0.214
30.77 ± 7.31
31.70 ± 7.69
31.58 ± 7.54
0.536
BMI (kg/m2)
23.78 ± 4.10
23.82 ± 4.19
23.28 ± 3.83
24.16 ± 4.21
0.191
23.69 ± 3.87
23.83 ± 4.44
23.80 ± 3.97
0.985
Physical activity (Met.h/d)
39.79 ± 6.58
38.94 ± 6.95
40.06 ± 6.22
40.39 ± 6.47
0.135
39.13 ± 6.84
39.79 ± 6.69
40.34 ± 6.24
0.299
SES (n (%))
0.032
0.619
Low
165 (37.9%)
70 (42.4%)
47 (28.5%)
48 (29.1%)
56 (33.9%)
57 (34.5%)
52 (31.5%)
Medium
109 (25.0%)
39 (35.8%)
28 (25.7%)
42 (38.5%)
31 (28.4%)
37 (33.9%)
41 (37.6%)
High
161 (37.1%)
43 (26.7%)
57 (35.4%)
61 (37.9%)
45 (28.0%)
53 (32.9%)
63 (39.1%)
Marital status (n (%))
0.415
0.709
Single
183 (42.0%)
64 (35.0%)
61 (33.3%)
58 (31.7%)
52 (28.4%)
62 (33.9%)
69 (37.7%)
Married
252 (58.0%)
88 (34.9%)
71 (28.2%)
93 (36.9%)
80 (31.7%)
85 (33.7%)
87 (34.5%)
Educational status (n (%))
0.770
0.338
≤Diploma
139 (31.9%)
51 (36.7%)
43 (30.9%)
45 (32.4%)
45 (32.4%)
51 (36.7%)
43 (30.9%)
>Diploma
296 (68.1%)
101 (34.1%)
89 (30.1%)
106 (35.8%)
87 (29.4%)
96 (32.4%)
113 (38.2%)
Supplement use (n (%))
0.106
0.955
Yes
163 (37.5%)
50 (30.7%)
59 (36.2%)
54 (33.1%)
50 (30.7%)
56 (34.4%)
57 (35.0%)
No
272 (62.5%)
102 (37.5%)
73 (26.8%)
97 (35.7%)
82 (30.1%)
91 (33.5%)
99 (36.4%)
PD, Paleolithic diet; MD, Mediterranean diet; SES, socioeconomic status. Values are mean (SD) for continuous variables and percentage for dichotomous variables. Using one-way ANOVA for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables.