Optimism is associated with diet quality, food group consumption and snacking behavior in a general population

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Table 4 Logistic regression analyses showing association between optimism and food group consumption (NutriNet-Santé study, 2016)

Outcomes	LOT-R
	Odds ratio (95% CI)		P³
	Model 1¹	Model 2²
Food group consumption (N = 19,335)
Processed meat
No intake	Ref⁴	Ref
Intake	1.007 (0.96, 1.06)	0.96 (0.91, 1.02)	0.18
Eggs
No intake	Ref	Ref
Intake	1.05 (1.00, 1.10)	1.01 (0.96, 1.07)	0.65
Dairy and meat substitutes
No intake	Ref	Ref
Intake	1.15 (1.09, 1.21)	1.17 (1.11, 1.24)	< 0.0001
Milk-based desserts
No intake	Ref	Ref
Intake	0.94 (0.90, 0.98)	0.94 (0.89, 0.99)	0.011
Legumes
No intake	Ref	Ref
Intake	1.09 (1.04, 1.14)	1.07 (1.02, 1.13)	0.005
Fast food
No intake	Ref	Ref
Intake	1.02 (0.98, 1.08)	0.99 (0.94, 1.05)	0.80
Appetizers
No intake	Ref	Ref
Intake	1.15 (1.10, 1.20)	1.09 (1.04, 1.14)	0.0007
Salted non oleaginous appetizers
No intake	Ref	Ref
Intake	1.11 (1.06, 1.16)	1.06 (1.01, 1.11)	0.02
Salted oleaginous appetizers
No intake	Ref	Ref
Intake	1.16 (1.11, 1.22)	1.11 (1.05, 1.17)	0.0001
Non salted oleaginous fruits
No intake	Ref	Ref
Intake	1.22 (1.17, 1.28)	1.16 (1.10, 1.22)	< 0.0001

¹Model adjusted for age and gender
²Model adjusted for age, gender, education level, occupational status, monthly income per household unit, energy intake (except for the model where energy intake was the outcome) BMI and depressive symptomatology
³P values based on logistic regression adjusted for age, gender, education level, occupational status, monthly income per household unit, energy intake, BMI and depressive symptomatology, with optimism as a continuous independent variable
⁴Reference

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