Table 2 |
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Demographic characteristics of the study groups1. |
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Groups |
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Street Food |
Restaurant |
P2 |
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males/females (n) |
321/366 |
141/174 |
0.61 |
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age (years) |
37.6 ± 13.8 |
37.9 ± 14.1 |
0.75 |
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body weight (kg) |
69.9 ± 14.8 |
68.5 ± 15.8 |
0.17 |
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BMI (kg/m2) |
24.3 ± 4.1 |
23.7 ± 4.4 |
< 0.05 |
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marital status (%): |
< 0.005 |
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single |
44.4 |
47.3 |
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married |
51.1 |
47.4 |
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divorced |
2.9 |
3.8 |
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widow/er |
1.6 |
1.5 |
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offspring (n) |
1.1 ± 1.3 |
0.8 ± 1.0 |
< 0.001 |
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employment status (%): |
n = 905 |
< 0.001 |
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student |
21.6 |
25.0 |
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unemployed |
3.4 |
1.7 |
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housewife |
13.4 |
6.0 |
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employed |
42.7 |
37.5 |
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manager/professional |
14.9 |
26.7 |
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retired |
4.0 |
3.1 |
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smokers (%) |
35.0 |
33.3 |
0.67 |
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previous diet therapy (%): |
0.053 |
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self-prescribed |
31.9 |
27.9 |
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prescribed |
20.2 |
27.0 |
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previous or current use of weight-reduction medications (%) |
6.1 |
4.4 |
0.36 |
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1 Mean ± sd or percentage. 2 Student's unpaired t-test or Pearson's χ2 test, as appropriate. BMI: body mass index. |
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Buscemi et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:119 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-119 |
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