Association of main meal quality index with the odds of metabolic syndrome in Iranian adults: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Mean MMQI scores and distribution of adults in MMQI categories according to socioeconomic, demographic and anthropometric characteristics

Characteristics	Mean	95% CI	P	Total population (n)	1st tertile (n)	2nd tertile (n)	3rd tertile (n)	*P value
Overall population	56.62	55.85–57.37	-	824	275	275	274	-
Sex
Men	55.59	53.74–57.45	0.231	142	48	49	45	0.90
Women	56.82	55.99–57.66		682	227	226	229
Body weight status
Underweight	49.90	45.42–54.38	0.167	10	7	2	1	0.19
Normal	56.49	55.14–57.83		270	95	85	90
Overweight	56.37	55.18–57.56		332	111	114	107
Obese	57.46	55.94–58.99		212	62	74	76
Education
Illiterate	57.93	54.96–60.90	0.346	55	15	16	24	0.66
Under-diploma	56.90	55.35–58.46		195	65	65	65
Diploma	57.07	55.73–58.41		286	93	95	98
Academic	55.70	54.44–56.96		288	102	99	87
Occupation
Employed	55.99	54.73–57.26	0.295	302	104	103	95	0.81
Housekeeper	57.24	56.20-58.28		431	139	143	149
Retired	56.91	53.48–60.35		47	13	17	17
Unemployed	54.63	50.98–58.28		43	18	12	13
Marital status
Single	55.54	53.42–57.66	0.540	111	40	38	33	0.96
Married	56.88	56.04–57.72		664	218	222	224
Divorced	56.50	48.21–64.79		12	4	3	5
Widowed	55.03	50.89–59.16		37	13	12	12
Smoking
Non-smokers	56.58	55.80-57.35	0.654	796	266	266	284	0.74
Smokers	57.54	53.56–61.52		28	9	9	10

*Mean and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) are described and p-value between groups using ANOVA. Number of participants in each category of MMQI were evaluated using Pearson’s chi-square.

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