Table 2 |
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Characteristics of the Freshmen Health Study participants in December of 2005 by weight change status. |
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Characteristic |
No significant weight gain (n = 123) |
Weight gain of ≥ 5% of body weight (n = 36) |
p-value |
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Female (%) |
61.8 |
72.2 |
0.25 |
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Baseline BMI (kg/m2) |
23.33 ± 3.80 |
21.41 ± 2.8 |
0.005 |
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BMI at end of fall semester |
23.53 ± 3.69 |
22.95 ± 3.0 |
0.39 |
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Weight change during fall semester (kg) |
0.63 ± 1.57 |
4.52 ± 1.61 |
<0.001c |
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Height change during fall semester (cm) |
0.08 ± 0.84 |
0.07 ± 0.67 |
0.90 |
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Ate breakfast regularlyb (%) |
65.0 |
86.1 |
0.05 |
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Ever drank alcoholb (%) |
10.6 |
13.9 |
0.58 |
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Ever smoked cigarettesb (%) |
2.4 |
2.8 |
0.91 |
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Participated in vigorous exercise most days of the weekb (%) |
23.7 |
12.5 |
0.39 |
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Participate in less physical activity in college as compare to high school (%) |
43.6 |
60.7 |
0.05 |
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Lived on campus (%) |
63.0 |
79.4 |
0.07 |
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Dietary intake as estimated by wave 2 FFQa, b |
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Calories per day |
1693 ± 598 |
1779 ± 788 |
0.49 |
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Energy as a percent of total calories |
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Protein |
15.80 ± 3.11 |
15.25 ± 3.2 |
0.36 |
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Carbohydrate |
53.17 ± 7.69 |
52.68 ± 8.7 |
0.75 |
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Fat |
32.79 ± 6.21 |
33.96 ± 6.9 |
0.34 |
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Servings of fruit per day |
1.63 ± 1.13 |
1.42 ± 0.98 |
0.34 |
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Servings of vegetables per day |
3.53 ± 1.6 |
2.94 ± 1.67 |
0.07 |
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Sweetened-carbonated beverages per day |
0.46 ± 0.93 |
0.53 ± 0.78 |
0.66 |
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Servings of milk per day |
1.58 ± 0.41 |
1.41 ± 1.14 |
0.50 |
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Occasions when junk food was eaten as a snack per day |
0.91 ± 1.0 |
1.11 ± 1.12 |
0.30 |
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Dining-hall meals eaten per week |
3.3 ± 5.3 |
5.4 ± 7.0 |
0.059 |
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Fast food meals eaten per week |
1.35 ± 2.17 |
1.69 ± 2.19 |
0.40 |
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Hours of sleep per night |
8.65 ± 1.12 |
7.38 ± 2.24 |
0.006c |
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a9 participants were excluded due to implausible caloric intake of <500 and >6,000 calories per day. bDietary and lifestyle habits reported during fall semester (August – December). cRemained statistically significant at the type I error (α) of 0.05 after a Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. |
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Wengreen and Moncur Nutrition Journal 2009 8:32 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-8-32 |
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