Table 2: The relationship between physical activity and adherence to the MD and mental well-being.

 

SWEMBS score

 

 

Ouartile 1

 (n = 224)

Quartile 2

(n = 209)

Ouartile 3

(n= 251)

Quartile 4

(n = 234)

Total

(n = 918)

p*

Physical activity status

 

 

 

 

 

-                      Low

90 (23.9%)

96 (25.5%)

113 (30.1%)

77 (20.5%)

376 (40.9%)

0.004*

-                      Moderate

129 (25.2%)

111 (21.7%)

129 (25.2%)

142 (27.8%)

511 (55.7%)

-                      High

5 (16.1%)

2 (6.5%)

9 (29.0%)

15 (48.4%)

31 (3.4%)

Total MET score

888 ± 54.73a

769 ± 50.30a

831 ± 54.58a

1151 ± 107.04b

912 ± 35.99

0.001*

Adherence to the MD

 

 

 

 

 

 

-                      Low

143 (27.1%)

127 (24.1%)

138 (26.1%)

120 (22.7%)

528 (57.5%)

0.048*

-                      Moderate

33 (18.8%)

42 (23.9%)

44 (25.0%)

57 (32.4%)

176 (19.2%)

-                      High

48 (22.4%)

40 (18.7%)

69 (32.2%)

57 (26.6%)

214 (23.3%)

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.