Table 2 Diet quality by country
From: Quality of the diet during the COVID-19 pandemic in 11 Latin-American countries
Argentina | Chile | Colombia | Costa Rica | Ecuador | Guatemala | Mexico | Panama | Paraguay | Peru | Uruguay | Test stat | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1422 | 1033 | 573 | 576 | 577 | 963 | 1280 | 617 | 609 | 746 | 861 | |||
Diet quality score | |||||||||||||
Median (IQR) | 42 (39,46) | 42 (39,46) | 45 (42,48) | 44 (41,47) | 43 (40,46) | 44 (41,47) | 44 (40,47) | 43 (40,46) | 42 (38,45) | 43.5 (41,46) | 43 (39,47) | Kruskal–Wallis test | < 0.001 |
Diet quality | |||||||||||||
Unhealthy | 697 (49.02) | 516 (49.95) | 155 (27.05) | 210 (36.46) | 234 (40.55) | 313 (32.5) | 483 (37.73) | 267 (43.27) | 316 (51.89) | 269 (36.06) | 383 (44.48) | Chisq. (10 df) = 198.687 | < 0.001 |
Healthy | 725 (50.98) | 517 (50.05) | 418 (72.95) | 366 (63.54) | 343 (59.45) | 650 (67.5) | 797 (62.27) | 350 (56.73) | 293 (48.11) | 477 (63.94) | 478 (55.52) | ||