Table 2 Prevalence of incident or persistent depressive symptoms by fruit and vegetable consumption
Baseline variable | Incident depressive symptoms | Persistent depressive symptoms | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
% | p-valuea | % | p-valuea | |
Fruit and vegetable servings/day | ||||
0–1 | 26.4 | 0.439 | 30.5 | 0.148 |
2 | 26.7 | 35.9 | ||
≥ 3 | 28.9 | 24.5 | ||
Fruits servings/day | ||||
0 | 25.1 | 0.713 | 29.1 | 0.796 |
1 | 25.5 | 31.6 | ||
≥ 2 | 27.2 | 30.1 | ||
Vegetable servings/day | ||||
0 | 26.0 | 0.009 | 32.8 | 0.307 |
1 | 24.5 | 28.8 | ||
≥ 2 | 32.1 | 36.1 | ||