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Table 4 Season-based comparison of GDQS and Its healthy (GDQS +) and unhealthy (GDQS −) sub-metrics by sex

From: The global diet quality score (GDQS) of foods consumed by Nigerian adults

 

Men

Women

 

Dry season

Rainy season

p-value*

Dry season

Rainy season

p-value*

 

Mean (SD)

 

Mean (SD)

 

GDQS

28.9 (3.9)

29.2 (3.5)

p = 0.57

28.5 (4.0)

29.0 (3.9)

p = 0.49

GDQS + 

24.0 (4.2)

24.2 (3.9)

p = 0.48

22.7 (4.3)

23.0 (4.5)

p = 0.60

GDQS − 

4.9 (1.8)

5.0 (1.9)

p = 0.65

5.7 (2.0)

5.9 (2.2)

p = 0.66

  1. GDQS, global diet quality score
  2. P-values less than 0.05 are considered statistically significant
  3. *Wilcoxon signed-rank test