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Table 3 Mean consumption of food products as self-rated on a scale ranging from 0 (“almost never”) to 6 (consume it “several times a day”) in individuals with (+) and without (−) selected mental disorders

From: Vegetarian diet and mental disorders: results from a representative community survey

Disorder

with (+) without (−) disorder

Meats

Vegetables and fruits

Fast food

Fish

M

SD

t (df)

M

SD

t (df)

M

SD

t (df)

M

SD

t (df)

Depressive Disorders

1 month

+

3.72

1.07

2.87**

4.19

1.11

0.93

1.58

1.14

1.99*

2.27

1.24

0.36

 

-

3.92

1.05

(4111)

4.26

0.96

(288.62)

1.72

1.11

(4109)

2.30

1.17

(293.49)

12 month

+

3.70

1.14

4.39***

4.21

1.04

1.07

1.56

1.14

3.30**

2.20

1.23

2.00*

 

-

3.93

1.04

(624.50)

4.26

0.96

(627.36)

1.73

1.11

(4109)

2.32

1.16

(631.31)

lifetime

+

3.68

1.17

6.29***

4.29

0.97

1.14

1.56

1.10

4.38***

2.23

1.22

1.87

 

-

3.96

1.02

(1128.80)

4.25

0.97

(1215.38)

1.75

1.11

(4109)

2.32

1.16

(1189.21)

Anxiety Disorders

1 month

+

3.74

1.12

3.38**

4.14

1.10

2.39*

1.73

1.14

0.50

2.14

1.30

2.90**

 

-

3.92

1.04

(548.62)

4.27

0.96

(536.25)

1.71

1.11

(4109)

2.32

1.15

(539.36)

12 month

+

3.73

1.12

4.66***

4.17

1.07

2.32*

1.67

1.13

1.12

2.18

1.13

2.85**

 

-

3.94

1.04

(983.14)

4.27

0.95

(965.86)

1.72

1.11

(4109)

2.32

1.14

(959.09)

lifetime

+

3.75

1.04

4.44 ***

4.19

1.06

2.02*

1.64

1.13

2.03*

2.21

1.28

2.35*

 

-

3.94

1.11

(1105.96)

4.27

0.95

(1082.94)

1.73

1.11

(4109)

2.32

1.14

(1075.26)

Somatoform Disorders and Syndromes

1 month

+

3.66

1.18

4.01***

4.27

0.98

0.31

1.60

1.08

1.87

2.30

1.26

0.18

 

-

3.93

1.04

(377.29)

4.25

0.97

(4109)

1.72

1.11

(4109)

2.30

1.16

(382.20)

12 month

+

3.72

1.19

3.76***

4.30

0.98

1.13

1.67

1.14

0.76

2.30

1.16

0.01

 

-

3.93

1.03

597.34

4.25

0.97

(4109)

1.71

1.11

(4109)

2.30

1.24

(616.20)

lifetime

+

3.72

1.19

4.63***

4.27

1.02

0.36

1.59

1.10

3.17**

2.32

1.18

0.47

 

-

3.95

1.02

(955.51)

4.26

0.97

(4109)

1.73

1.11

(4109)

2.30

1.16

(4106)

Eating Disorders

1 month

+

1.39

1.39

7.21***

4.83

0.55

1.79

0.89

0.74

2.22*

1.67

1.23

1.63

 

-

3.91

1.05

(4111)

4.25

0.97

(4109)

1.71

1.11

(4109)

2.30

1.17

(8.03)

12 month

+

2.29

1.82

3.57**

4.47

0.88

0.88

1.28

1.05

1.54

2.19

1.42

0.39

 

-

3.91

1.04

(15.04)

4.26

0.97

(4109)

1.71

1.11

(4109)

2.30

1.17

(4106)

lifetime

+

3.18

1.77

2.41*

4.19

1.06

3.77

1.59

1.26

0.63

2.03

1.19

1.36

 

-

3.19

1.04

(33.10)

4.25

0.97

(4109)

1.71

1.11

(4109)

2.30

1.17

(4106)

  1. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001 two-tailed.