Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of non-adherents and adherents to a plant-based diet (n 96)
| Non-adherents (n 63) | Adherents (n 33) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||
| Median | 18 | 18 | 0·993 |
| Interquartile range | 18–19 | 18–19·5 | |
| Sex (%) | |||
| Male | 30·6 | 30·3 | 0·972 |
| Ethnicity (%) | |||
| Caucasian | 46·0 | 51·5 | 0·701 |
| African-American | 7·9 | 3·0 | |
| Hispanic | 17·5 | 12·1 | |
| Native American | 1·6 | 0·0 | |
| Other | 27·0 | 33·3 | |
| Religious affiliation (%) | |||
| Atheist | 11·5 | 9·1 | 0·539 |
| Agnostic | 11·5 | 15·2 | |
| Catholic | 14·8 | 9·1 | |
| Christian, but not Catholic | 27·9 | 18·2 | |
| Spiritual, but not religious | 21·3 | 21·2 | |
| Other | 13·1 | 27·3 | |
| Political views (%) | |||
| Democrat | 58·1 | 51·5 | 0·808 |
| Republican | 14·5 | 15·2 | |
| Other | 27·4 | 33·3 | |
| Socio-economic status (%) | |||
| Upper class | 6·3 | 9·1 | 0·499 |
| Upper-middle class | 30·2 | 42·4 | |
| Middle class | 42·9 | 30·3 | |
| Lower-middle class | 14·3 | 18·2 | |
| Working class | 4·8 | 0·0 | |
| Other | 1·6 | 0·0 | |
*
Age is presented as medians and interquartile ranges due to non-normality. P value represents results from χ 2 analyses for categorical data and Mann–Whitney U test for continuous data.