Multinational dietary changes and anxiety during the coronavirus pandemic-findings from Israel

Table 5 Multivariate Logistic Regression Model of Moderate to Severe Anxiety (GAD-7 score ≥ 5)

Variable	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-value
Current Isolation Score (1–10)	1.191	1.145–1.238	< 0.0001
Sex (M = 1)	0.413	0.320–0.534	< 0.0001
Language (Hebrew vs. any other language)	0.572	0.435–0.752	< 0.0001
Change in diet (diet worse = 1)	1.626	1.307–2.024	0.002
Weight gain (yes = 1)	1.467	1.150–1.879	< 0.0001
Age (years)	1.00	0.993–1.008	0.944
Constant	0.402		< 0.0001

Female sex (vs. male) was the indicator variables for sex; any college degree (bachelor’s degree or higher = 1 (vs. any other response) and was the indicator variable for education; Spanish was the indicator variable for language (vs. any other language); reporting that the current diet was worse than the pre-pandemic diet = 1 (vs. no change or improvement in diet = 0) and was the indicator for change in diet

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