Continuous variables | Participants with a GHQ score ≥ 4 | Participants with a GHQ score < 4 |  | ||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Pa | |
Food groups (g) | |||||
 Fish | 46.0 | 24.8 | 50.2 | 26.9 | < 0.001 |
 Meat and chicken | 38.3 | 21.7 | 37.2 | 21.6 | 0.006 |
 Dairy products | 123.2 | 104.5 | 126.4 | 105.3 | 0.147 |
 Vegetables | 132.9 | 77.9 | 136.9 | 78.7 | 0.012 |
Nutrients | |||||
 Energy (kcal) | 1667 | 330 | 1718 | 338 | < 0.001 |
 Protein (g) | 51.7 | 10.2 | 53.2 | 10.7 | < 0.001 |
 Fat (g) | 44.5 | 10.6 | 43.7 | 10.8 | 0.001 |
 Carbohydrate (g) | 232 | 60 | 242 | 62 | < 0.001 |
 Calcium (mg) | 510 | 141 | 523 | 143 | < 0.001 |
 Vitamin B1 (mg) | 0.654 | 0.081 | 0.652 | 0.086 | 0.192 |
 Vitamin B2 (mg) | 1.08 | 0.25 | 1.10 | 0.25 | < 0.001 |
 Vitamin D (μg) | 6.69 | 2.84 | 7.30 | 3.20 | < 0.001 |
 Carotene (μg) | 3113 | 1381 | 3170 | 1334 | 0.009 |
 Saturated fatty acids (g) | 11.41 | 2.67 | 11.36 | 2.70 | 0.409 |
 Monounsaturated fatty acids (g) | 16.40 | 3.84 | 16.09 | 3.81 | < 0.001 |
 n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (g) | 11.07 | 2.90 | 10.91 | 2.87 | 0.012 |
 n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (g) | 2.22 | 0.53 | 2.23 | 0.55 | 0.250 |
 n-3 highly-polyunsaturated fatty acids (g) | 0.664 | 0.282 | 0.720 | 0.318 | < 0.001 |