Table 3 Evaluation of diet quality of individuals according to healthy eating indices by gender, education level, age group and BMI classification, n (%)

 Poor

77 (42.1)

74 (23.8)

50 (24.8)

101 (34.6)

93 (39.4)^a

54 (23.9)^b

4 (12.5)^b

8 (33.3)^{a, b}

93 (38.0)^a

50 (22.2)^b

 Needs improvement

105 (57.4)

231 (74.3)

149 (73.8)

187 (64.0)

138 (58.5)^a

170 (75.2)^b

28 (87.5)^b

16 (66.7)^{a, b}

147 (60.0)^a

173 (76.9)^b

 Good

1 (0.5)

6 (1.9)

3 (1.5)

4 (1.4)

5 (2.1)^a

2 (0.9)^b

-

-

5 (2.0)^a

2 (0.9)^b

 Poor

149 (81.4)

200 (64.3)

130 (64.4)

219 (75.0)

184 (78.0)^a

150 (66.4)^b

15 (46.9)^c

21 (87.5)^a

184 (75.1)^a

144 (64.0)^b

 Needs improvement

34 (18.6)

111 (35.7)

72 (35.6)

73 (25.0)

52 (22.0)^a

76 (33.6)^b

17 (53.1)^c

3 (12.5)^a

61 (24.9)^a

81 (36.0)^b

 Good

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-