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Table 4 Dietary habits stratified by Type D personality

From: Type D personality is associated with increased metabolic syndrome prevalence and an unhealthy lifestyle in a cross-sectional Dutch community sample

 

Total

Type D

Non-Type D

Univariate

Multivariate*

 

N = 1582

n = 209

n = 1373

χ2

p -value

OR

p -value

Varied diet (yes)

75.4%

63.0%

77.3%

19.94

< .001

0.5 (0.4-0.7)

< .001

Restrict fats (yes)

60.6%

53.6%

61.6%

4.89

.03

0.7(0.5-0.9)

.01

Restrict salt (yes)

56.4%

53.1%

56.9%

1.05

.31

0.8 (0.6-1.1)

.15

Cosmopolitan

29.5%

25.8%

30.1%

3.41

.18

Reference category

Traditional

54.4%

54.0%

54.4%

  

1.3 (0.9-1.8)

.23

Refined

16.1%

20.2%

15.5%

  

1.5 (1.0-2.5)

.08

  1. Note: Information on the different dietary patterns was present for 1505 subjects
  2. * Adjusted for age, gender, partner status, higher education