Atti del 52° Congresso Nazionale: Società Italiana di Igiene, Medicina Preventiva e Sanità Pubblica (SItI)

According to MDS (mean = 4.2; range = 0-8), we identified 33.8% of women with low adherence to MD (MDS ≤ 3), 56.8% with medium adherence (3 < MDS < 7), and 9.4% with high adherence (MDS ≥ 7). Among social characteristics, medium and high educational levels were associated with ideal intake of alcohol (OR = 4.059; 95%CI = 1.311-12.570; p = 0.015; OR = 4.258 95%CI = 1.068-16.976; p = 0.040; respectively), living in couple with ideal intake of cereals (OR = 2.801 95%CI = 1.188-6.602; p = 0.018), and having children with ideal intake of fruits (OR = 3.149; 95%CI = 1.245-7.762; p = 0.015). With respect to behaviors, no smoking was associated with ideal intake of meat (OR = 2.227 95%CI = 1.091-4.548; p = 0.028) and dairy products (OR = 2.205 95%CI = 1.110-4.379; p = 0.020), while high physical activity was associated with ideal intake of vegetables (OR = 6.148; 95%CI = 1.506-25.104; p = 0.011) and legumes (OR = 5.832; 95%CI = 1.414-24.063; p = 0.015). Particularly, moderately or highly physically active women were more likely to show medium or high adherence to MD than those who performed less physical activity (OR = 6.024 95%CI = 1.192-30.440 ; p = 0.040; OR = 9.965 95%CI = 1.683-58.993; p = 0.011; respectively).