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The impact of drought on the association between food security and mental health in a nationally representative Australian sample - BMC Public Health

  • ️Walls, Helen L
  • ️Fri Oct 24 2014

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Table 4 Mean levels of psychological distress by measures of food insecurity, adjusted for confounding variables

From: The impact of drought on the association between food security and mental health in a nationally representative Australian sample

Food insecurity

 

Mean score (SE)

Mean score difference (SE)

P-value

  Missing meals

Yes

22.4 (0.6)

7.3 (0.6)

<0.001

No

15.1 (0.1)

  

  Below-average consumption core food

Yes

15.5 (0.1)

0.4 (0.2)

0.009

No

15.0 (0.1)

  

  Above-average consumption discretionary food

Yes

15.4 (0.1)

0.5 (0.2)

0.002

 

No

14.9 (0.1)

  
  1. Note: Results for this analysis are presented for the whole sample only as the rural–urban interaction was not significant.

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