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Table 3 Pearson’s correlation coefficients of the study variables and descriptive statistics

From: Could emotional eating act as a mediator between sleep quality and food intake in female students?

Variable

PSQI score

EEQ score

Energy intake

Carbohydrate intake

Protein intake

Fat intake

PSQI score

–

     

EEQ score

0.30a

–

    

Energy intake (kcal/d)

0.07

−0.001

–

   

Carbohydrate intake (g/d)

0.05

−0.02

0.83a

–

  

Protein intake (g/d)

−0.05

−0.06

0.80a

0.60a

–

 

Fat intake (g/d)

0.12

0.06

0.70a

0.33a

0.51a

–

Mean (SD)

6.73 (2.88)

10.61 (5.28)

2024.74 (415.61)

289.51 (72.94)

74.95 (20.35)

65.18 (18.09)

  1. a Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
  2. PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, EEQ Emotional Eating Questionnaire