Adherence to the Qatar dietary guidelines: a cross-sectional study of the gaps, determinants and association with cardiometabolic risk amongst adults

Table 5 Weighted association of socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics with QDG adherence score among Qatari adults

	Adherence score		P-value^a	B	95% CI ^b
	mean	SD	P-value^a	B	95% CI ^b
Socio-demographic characteristics
Sex
Male	7.01	2.04	0.22	–	–
Female	6.85	2.04	0.22	0.05	−0.22;0.32
Age (years)
18–24	5.80	1.67^†	0.000**	–	–
25–34	6.54	2.05^‡		−0.02	−0.40;0.36
35–44	7.59	1.82^§		0.90	0.48;1.32**
45–54	8.03	1.93^§		1.44	0.97;1.91**
55–64	7.79	1.75^§\|		1.41	0.78;2.05**
Education
Up to high school level^c	6.63	1.93	0.000**	–
University/graduate level	7.34	2.12	0.000**	0.27	0.02;0.51*
Marital Status
Not married	5.99	1.92	0.000**	–	–
Married	7.32	1.96	0.000**	0.83	0.54;1.12**
Employment status
Not working (including housewife)	6.57	1.92	0.000**	–	–
Working	7.12	2.08	0.000**	0.48	0.19;0.77**
Parental Consanguinity
No	6.98	2.11	0.35	–
Yes	6.86	1.94	0.35	0.08	−0.15;0.31
Family history of diabetes
No	6.80	1.96	0.09	–	–
Yes	7.01	2.09	0.09	0.12	−0.14;0.37
Family history of High blood pressure
No	6.84	2.01	0.23	–	–
Yes	6.99	2.06	0.23	0.07	−0.18;0.33
Lifestyle characteristics
Smoking Status
Nonsmoker or past smoker	6.97	2.03	0.23	–	–
Current smoker	6.77	2.10	0.23	−0.26	−0.59;0.07

^*p < 0.05; ^** p <0.001
B: unstandardized regression coefficient, and their 95% confidence intervals
^aSignificance is derived from Chi-square test
^bResults of the multiple linear regression
^cThis category includes: no schooling, elementary, intermediate schooling and high school
^†‡§||Different symbols superscripts indicate significantly different numbers (Tukey post-hoc test)

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