Unhealthy dietary patterns among healthcare professionals and students in Mexico

Betancourt-Nuñez, Alejandra; Márquez-Sandoval, Fabiola; González-Zapata, Laura I.; Babio, Nancy; Vizmanos, Barbara

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-6153-7

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Description of dietary patterns according to sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric characteristics (n = 319)

From: Unhealthy dietary patterns among healthcare professionals and students in Mexico

		Traditional Westernized				Healthy				Animal protein & alcoholic beverages
	Total	n = 107	n = 105	n = 107	^aP	n = 106	n = 107	n = 106	^aP	n = 107	n = 106	n = 106	^aP
		^bT1(%)	T2(%)	T3(%)		T1(%)	T2(%)	T3(%)		T1(%)	T2(%)	T3(%)
Sex
Men	92	34.8	26.1	39.1	0.194	32.6	28.3	39.1	0.309	19.6	30.4	50.0	0.001*
Women	227	32.6	36.1	31.3		33.9	35.2	30.8		39.2	34.4	26.4
Age (years)
18 to 22	162	25.3	37.0	37.7	0.004*	38.3	33.3	28.4	0.006*	32.7	30.2	37.0	0.597
23 to 29	106	34.9	32.1	33.0		31.1	38.7	30.2		33.0	37.7	29.2
≥ 30	51	54.9	23.5	21.6		23.5	21.6	54.9		37.3	33.3	29.4
Health field
Nutrition	79	43.0	38.0	19.0	0.001*	24.1	39.2	36.7	0.007*	44.3	34.2	21.5	0.247
Nursing	50	18.0	32.0	50.0		40.0	36.0	24.0		28.0	36.0	36.0
Medicine	42	47.6	19.0	33.3		26.2	16.7	57.1		28.6	35.7	35.7
Psychology	33	18.2	21.2	60.6		24.2	45.5	30.3		36.4	24.2	39.4
Pharmaceutical biochemistry	72	34.7	43.1	22.2		43.1	34.7	22.2		30.6	37.5	31.9
Dentistry	37	32.4	29.7	37.8		40.5	27.0	32.4		24.3	24.3	51.4
Other areas	5	0.0	60.0	40.0		40.0	0.0	60.0		40.0	40.0	20.0
Occupational status
Professional	129	43.4	31.0	25.6	0.004*	27.9	28.7	43.4	0.006*	34.1	35.7	30.2	0.609
Student	190	26.3	34.7	38.9		37.4	36.3	26.3		33.2	31.6	35.3
^dBMI
Underweight	22	13.6	45.5	40.9	0.350	59.1	31.8	9.1	0.030*	40.9	27.3	31.8	0.394
Normal weight	192	33.3	32.8	33.9		33.9	34.9	31.3		31.8	38.0	30.2
Overweight	78	41.0	29.5	29.5		24.4	33.3	42.3		33.3	25.6	41.0
Obese	27	25.9	37.0	37.0		37.0	22.2	40.7		40.7	25.9	33.3
^eAO					0.266				0.179				0.787
Yes	86	27.9	31.4	40.7		25.6	34.9	39.5		36.0	30.2	33.7
No	230	34.8	33.9	31.3		36.1	32.6	31.3		32.6	33.9	33.5
Smoking status					0.722				0.737				0.002*
Non-smoker	282	33.3	33.3	33.3		33.7	32.6	33.7		35.5	34.0	30.5
Smoker	33	27.3	33.3	39.4		30.3	39.4	30.3		15.2	24.2	60.6
^fPA energy expenditure (kcal/day)
≤ 345.0	107	35.5	33.6	30.8	0.948	47.7	32.7	19.6	0.001*	34.6	36.4	29.0	0.648
345.1 to 605.2	106	33.0	33.0	34.0		33.0	35.8	31.1		31.1	34.9	34.0
≥ 605.3	106	31.1	33.0	35.8		19.8	33.1	49.1		34.9	28.3	36.8

^aThe association between proportions was calculated using the chi-squared statistical test. *P < 0.05 was considered significant
^bT: tertile
^cOther health fields: Biology, Chemistry, Ph.D. in Public Health
^dBMI: Body mass index
^eAO: Abdominal obesity (waist circumference ≥ 80 cm in women and ≥ 90 cm in men (criteria for Central and South American populations))
^fPA: Physical activity

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