Sex-differences in Mediterranean diet: a key piece to explain sex-related cardiovascular risk in obesity? A cross-sectional study

Table 3 Bivariate OR model to assess the association of gender with the dietary components included in PREDIMED questionnaire, PREDIMED score and categories

Questions of PREDIMED questionnaire	OR	p-value	95% IC	R²
Use of EVOO as main culinary lipid	0.80	0.055	0.634 – 1.010	0.002
EVOO > 4 tablespoons	0.79	0.022	0.653 – 0.967	0.003
Vegetables ≥ 2 servings/day	1.34	0.004	1.099 – 1.628	0.005
Fruits ≥ 3 servings/day	1.40	0.001	1.147 – 1.709	0.007
Red/processed meats < 1/day	3.06	< 0.001	2.486 – 3.757	0.069
Butter, cream, margarine < 1/day	0.74	0.003	0.604 – 0.899	0.006
Soda drinks < 1/day	1.47	< 0.001	1.207 – 1.791	0.009
Wine glasses ≥ 7/week	0.31	< 0.001	0.252 – 0.380	0.077
Legumes ≥ 3/week	1.62	< 0.001	1.323 – 1.976	0.013
Fish/seafood ≥ 3/week	1.39	0.001	1.147 – 1.700	0.007
Commercial sweets and confectionery ≤ 2/week	2.49	< 0.001	2.036 – 3.058	0.047
Tree nuts ≥ 3/week	1.92	< 0.001	1.518 – 2.424	0.019
Poultry more than red meats	1.95	< 0.001	1.599 – 2.380	0.026
Use of sofrito sauce ≥ 2/week	2.32	< 0.001	1.898 – 2.84	0.041
PREDIMED score	1.11	< 0.001	1.074 – 1.147	0.024
PREDIMED categories
Low adherence to MD	0.51	< 0.001	0.413 – 0.620	0.026
Average adherence to MD	0.99	0.939	0.811 – 1.213	0.001
High adherence to MD	2.62	< 0.001	2.029 – 3.372	0.036

A p-value in bold type denotes a significant difference (p < 0.05). PREDIMED PREvención con DIetaMEDiterránea, MD Mediterranean Diet

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