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Within the context of the ATTICA cohort study (2002\u20132012), 853 participants without evidence of cardiovascular disease (453 men (45 \u00b1 13 years) and 400 women (44 \u00b1 18 years)) underwent mental health assessment through the irrational beliefs inventory (IBI), the Zung self-rating depression scale (ZDRS) and the state\u2013trait anxiety inventory (STAI). Demographic characteristics, a thorough medical history, dietary behaviour and other lifestyle behaviours were also evaluated and analysed using factor analysis. Five main factors related to dietary patterns were extracted for the high-IBI\/low-STAI group of participants (explaining the 63% of the total variation in consumption), whereas four factors were extracted for the high-IBI\/high-STAI participants, the high-IBI\/low-ZDRS participants and the high-IBI\/high-ZDRS participants, explaining 53%, 54% and 54% of the total variation, respectively. A Western-type dietary pattern was the most dominant factor for individuals reporting irrational beliefs and anxiety or depressive symptomatology. The high refined carbohydrates and fats dietary pattern was the most dominant factor for individuals with irrational beliefs but without psychopathology. Linear regression analysis showed that irrational beliefs, in combination with anxiety or depression, age, sex and BMI, were important predictors of adherence to the Mediterranean diet. Dietary habits interact with irrational beliefs and, in association with the consequent psychological disorders, are associated with overall diet, and presumably may affect the health status of individuals.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu13051472","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,27]],"date-time":"2021-04-27T06:19:11Z","timestamp":1619504351000},"page":"1472","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Foods, Nutrients and Dietary Patterns in Relation to Irrational Beliefs and Related Psychological Disorders: The ATTICA Epidemiological Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Christina","family":"Vassou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University, 176 71 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mary","family":"Yannakoulia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University, 176 71 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ekavi N.","family":"Georgousopoulou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine Sydney, University of Notre Dame, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christos","family":"Pitsavos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Cardiology Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8483-1797","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mark","family":"Cropley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8583-153X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Demosthenes B.","family":"Panagiotakos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University, 176 71 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"899","DOI":"10.3945\/ajcn.115.110213","article-title":"Dietary patterns: From nutritional epidemiologic analysis to national guidelines","volume":"101","author":"Cespedes","year":"2015","journal-title":"Am. 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