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. 2020 Feb 18;12(2):518.
doi: 10.3390/nu12020518.

Dietary Habits and Dietary Antioxidant Intake Are Related to Socioeconomic Status in Polish Adults: A Nationwide Study

Małgorzata Elżbieta Zujko  1 , Anna Waśkiewicz  2 , Wojciech Drygas  2   3 , Alicja Cicha-Mikołajczyk  2 , Kinga Zujko  1 , Danuta Szcześniewska  2 , Krystyna Kozakiewicz  4 , Anna Maria Witkowska  1
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Dietary Habits and Dietary Antioxidant Intake Are Related to Socioeconomic Status in Polish Adults: A Nationwide Study

Małgorzata Elżbieta Zujko et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

The aim of this study was to estimate dietary habits and dietary antioxidant intake in a Polish adult population in relation to socioeconomic status. The subjects (4774) were participants in the Polish National Multi-Centre Health Examination Survey (the WOBASZ II study) performed in 2013-2014. Socioeconomic status (SES) scores were calculated by multiplying ordinal numerical values assigned to consecutive categories of education level and monthly income per capita in a family. In the Polish adult population, a higher socioeconomic status was significantly associated with a better lifestyle (more physical activity and less smoking), a better health status (lower occurrence of overweight individuals and metabolic syndrome in both genders, and lower occurrence of central obesity, hypertension, and diabetes in women), and better dietary habits, including a higher intake of dietary antioxidants.

Keywords: dietary antioxidants; dietary habits; population; socioeconomic status.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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