Table 2: The relationship between physical activity and adherence to the MD and mental well-being.
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SWEMBS score |
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Ouartile 1 (n = 224) |
Quartile 2 (n = 209) |
Ouartile 3 (n= 251) |
Quartile 4 (n = 234) |
Total (n = 918) |
p* |
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Physical activity status |
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- Low |
90 (23.9%) |
96 (25.5%) |
113 (30.1%) |
77 (20.5%) |
376 (40.9%) |
0.004* |
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- Moderate |
129 (25.2%) |
111 (21.7%) |
129 (25.2%) |
142 (27.8%) |
511 (55.7%) |
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- High |
5 (16.1%) |
2 (6.5%) |
9 (29.0%) |
15 (48.4%) |
31 (3.4%) |
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Total MET score |
888 ± 54.73a |
769 ± 50.30a |
831 ± 54.58a |
1151 ± 107.04b |
912 ± 35.99 |
0.001* |
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Adherence to the MD |
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- Low |
143 (27.1%) |
127 (24.1%) |
138 (26.1%) |
120 (22.7%) |
528 (57.5%) |
0.048* |
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- Moderate |
33 (18.8%) |
42 (23.9%) |
44 (25.0%) |
57 (32.4%) |
176 (19.2%) |
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- High |
48 (22.4%) |
40 (18.7%) |
69 (32.2%) |
57 (26.6%) |
214 (23.3%) |
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MEDAS score |
6.7 ± 2.03a |
7.1 ± 1.84a,b |
7.2 ± 1.96a,b |
7.3 ± 1.89b |
7.1 ± 1.94 |
0.015* |
Values are expressed as means and standard error (M ± SE) for continuous variables or as number and percentage (n (%)) for categorical variables.
SWEMBS: Short Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale; MET: Metabolic Equivalent of Task;MD: Mediterranean Diet;MEDAS: Mediterranean Diet Adherence Scale.
*One-Way ANOVA or Kruskal Wallis test, p < 0.05; a,bFor groups of different letters p < 0.05; for groups of the same letters p > 0.05.