Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Intake, Dietary Behavior, Mental Health, and Academic Performance of a Ghanaian University Students

Table 2

Risk of COVID-19 induced stress and its impact on mental health, food intake, and dietary behaviors of Ghanaian university students.

Variable		OR (CI)	P value
Age	<25	1.59 (0.52, 4.90)	0.4155
	≥25
Sex	Male	0.52 (0.20, 1.34)	0.1734
	Female
BMI	Underweight	0.86 (0.24, 3.09)	0.8331
	Overweight	1.43 (0.33, 6.20)	0.4675
	Obese	0.67 (0.15, 2.87)	0.527
	Normal
Eating behaviors	Low emotional eating	1.40 (0.47, 4.20)	0.5484
	High emotional eating
	Low restricted eating	0.45 (0.17, 1.18)	0.1042
	High restricted eating
	Low uncontrolled eating	3.59 (1.17, 11.01)	0.0258
	High uncontrolled eating
GAD	Mild	0.27 (0.08, 0.88)	0.0082
	Moderate	1.06 (0.29, 3.88)	0.2008
	Severe
Diet alteration due to COVID-19	Healthier	2.01 (0.69, 5.85)	0.5379
	Less healthier	1.97 (0.45, 8.55)	0.6508
	No change
COVID-19 influence on academic performance	Worse	7.56 (1.51, 37.89)	0.0304
	Better	2.96 (0.69, 12.70)	0.4896
	Indifferent	0.74 (0.19, 2.90)	0.0563
	No change