General characteristics of study participants across quartiles (Q) of Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010 (AHEI-2010) (mean values and SD)
| Quartiles of AHEI-2010 | p Value† | |||||
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |||
| n | 62 | 61 | 62 | 61 | – | |
| Age (years) | 24.2±1.4 | 24.0±1.2 | 24.3±1.4 | 24.0±1.8 | 0.62 | |
| Weight (kg) | 71.3±9.9 | 79.0±12.5 | 77.3±15.9 | 79.9±18.1 | 0.01* | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.4±3.1 | 24.5±3.5 | 24.3±4.3 | 24.3±4.1 | 0.01* | |
| Unmarried (%) | 79.0 | 85.2 | 93.5 | 93.4 | 0.03* | |
| Economic status (%) | Low Middle High | 43.6 54.8 1.6 | 42.7 55.7 1.6 | 38.7 50.0 11.3 | 24.6 55.7 19.7 | 0.01* |
| Physical activity (%) | Low Middle High | 22.6 32.3 45.1 | 42.6 42.6 14.8 | 27.4 41.9 30.7 | 6.6 59.0 34.4 | 0.01* |
| Education (%) (≤bachelor) | 88.7 | 88.5 | 88.7 | 86.9 | 0.98 | |
| Family size (%) (≤4) | 30.6 | 27.9 | 19.4 | 16.4 | 0.19 | |
*p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
†Obtained from analysis of variance for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables.
BMI, body mass index.