Categories | Total (n = 895) n (%) | Metabolic syndrome | PR (95% CI) | pa | |
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No (n = 463) n (%) | Yes (n = 432) n (%) | ||||
Quartiles of % energy intake from ultra-processed foods | |||||
 Q1 | 227 (25.4) | 120 (52.9) | 107 (47.1) | 1 | - |
 Q2 | 221 (24.7) | 115 (52.0) | 106 (48.0) | 1.02 (0.83–1.24) | 0.861 |
 Q3 | 224 (25.0) | 109 (48.7) | 115 (51.3) | 1.09 (0.90–1.31) | 0.373 |
 Q4 | 223 (24.9) | 119 (53.4) | 104 (46.6) | 0.99 (0.81–1.20) | 0.915 |
Nova score categories for consumption of ultra-processed foods | |||||
  ≤ 1 | 569 (63.6) | 293 (51.5) | 276 (48.5) | 1.00 | - |
 2 | 192 (21.4) | 96 (50.0) | 96 (50.0) | 1.03 (0.87–1.22) | 0.719 |
 3 | 78 (8.7) | 40 (51.3) | 38 (48.7) | 1.01 (0.79–1.28) | 0.972 |
  ≥ 4 | 56 (6.3) | 34 (60.7) | 22 (39.3) | 0.81 (0.58–1.13) | 0.220 |