From: Dietary, physical exercises and mental stress in a Chinese population: a cross-sectional study
Terms | Mental stress, n (%) | Z | P | Adjusted OR (95% CI)* | P* | |
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No | Yes | |||||
Cereal crop (day/week) | ||||||
 0–4 | 121 | 924 | 4.22 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.88 |
 5–7 | 486 | 2972 | 1.02 (0.81–1.29) | |||
Meat (day/week) | ||||||
 0–4 | 354 | 1943 | 15.00 | < 0.01 | 1 | 0.01 |
 5–7 | 253 | 1953 | 1.26 (1.05–1.52) |  | ||
Fresh vegetables or fruits (day/week) | ||||||
 0–4 | 212 | 1887 | 38.51 | < 0.01 | 1 | < 0.01 |
 5–7 | 395 | 2009 | 0.71 (0.58–0.87) |  | ||
Fish or aquatic products (day/week) | ||||||
 0–2 | 307 | 2182 | 6.26 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.04 |
 3–7 | 300 | 1714 | 0.83 (0.69–0.99) | |||
Milk or dairy products (day/week) | ||||||
  < 1 | 346 | 1682 | 40.58 | < 0.01 | 1 | < 0.01 |
 1–7 | 261 | 2214 | 1.45 (1.20–1.75) | |||
Eggs or their products (day/week) | ||||||
 0–2 | 235 | 1406 | 1.56 | 0.21 | – | – |
 3–7 | 372 | 2490 | ||||
Legumes or their products (day/week) | ||||||
 0–2 | 326 | 2160 | 0.64 | 0.42 | – | – |
 3–7 | 281 | 1736 | ||||
Dessert (day/week) | ||||||
 <1 | 339 | 1796 | 20.02 | < 0.01 | 1 | 0.67 |
 1–7 | 268 | 2100 | 1.04 (0.86–1.27) | |||
Fried food (day/week) | ||||||
 <1 | 405 | 1990 | 51.62 | < 0.01 | 1 | 0.07 |
 1–7 | 202 | 1906 | 1.22 (0.98–1.50) | |||
Pickled or smoked food (day/week) | ||||||
 <1 | 364 | 2018 | 14.07 | < 0.01 | 1 | 0.09 |
 1–7 | 243 | 1878 | 1.18 (0.97–1.43) | |||
Nuts (day/week) | ||||||
 <1 | 310 | 1876 | 2.28 | 0.32 | – | – |
 1–7 | 263 | 1759 | ||||
Regular exercise | ||||||
 No | 436 | 3151 | 9.62 | < 0.01 | 1 | < 0.01 |
 Yes | 171 | 745 | 0.73 (0.59–0.90) | |||
Marital status | ||||||
Unmarried/single | 52 | 772 | 26.54 | < 0.01 | 1 |  |
 Married | 555 | 3124 | 0.63 (0.46–0.85) | < 0.01 | ||
Age (years) | ||||||
  ≤ 43 | 150 | 2140 | 191.86 | < 0.01 | 1 |  |
  > 43 | 457 | 1756 | 0.36 (0.29–0.45) | < 0.01 | ||
Smoking | ||||||
 None/Former | 351 | 2390 | 2.73 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.06 |
 Current | 256 | 1506 | 0.84 (0.70–1.01) | |||
Drinking alcohol | ||||||
 None/Former | 291 | 1793 | 0.78 | 0.38 | 1 | 0.01 |
 Current | 316 | 2103 | 1.26 (1.05–1.52) |