Research Article

Can Following Paleolithic and Mediterranean Diets Reduce the Risk of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study on Iranian Women

Table 6

Crude and multivariable-adjusted odds ratios and 95% CIs for psychological disorders across tertiles of PD and MD scores.

VariablePD trenddMD trend
T1
152
T2
132
T3
151
T1
132
T2
147
T3
156

Depression
Crude1.000.54 (0.33, 0.87)c0.26 (0.16, 0.43)<0.0011.000.43 (0.26, 0.69)0.25 (0.15, 0.42)<0.001
Model 1a1.000.50 (0.30, 0.83)0.21 (0.12, 0.37)<0.0011.000.35 (0.21, 0.59)0.20(0.11, 0.35)<0.001
Model 2b1.000.48 (0.29, 0.81)0.21 (0.12, 0.37)<0.0011.000.34 (0.20, 0.57)0.20 (0.11, 0.36)<0.001

Anxiety
Crude1.000.63 (0.39, 1.01)0.32 (0.20, 0.51)<0.0011.000.55 (0.34, 0.88)0.28 (0.17, 0.45)<0.001
Model 11.000.60 (0.37, 0.99)0.27 (0.16, 0.44)<0.0011.000.46 (0.27, 0.76)0.22 (0.12, 0.37)<0.001
Model 21.000.62 (0.37, 1.02)0.27 (0.16, 0.45)<0.0011.000.45 (0.27, 0.75)0.22 (0.13, 0.38)<0.001

Stress
Crude1.000.49 (0.31, 0.79)0.23 (0.14, 0.38)<0.0011.000.44 (0.27, 0.72)0.29 (0.18, 0.48)<0.001
Model 11.000.46 (0.28, 0.75)0.19 (0.11, 0.33)<0.0011.000.37 (0.22, 0.61)0.23 (0.13, 0.39)<0.001
Model 21.000.42 (0.25, 0.70)0.19 (0.11, 0.32)<0.0011.000.35 (0.21, 0.59)0.23 (0.13, 0.39)<0.001

PD, Paleolithic diet; MD, Mediterranean diet. a Adjusted for BMI, age, and energy intake. b Additionally adjusted for socioeconomic status, physical activity, marriage status, educational status, and supplement use. c These values are odds ratios (95% CIs). d Obtained from logistic regression.