Table 5.

Spearman correlation coefficients and simple linear regression analysis between the daily food habits and the body fat (BF), visceral fat (VF) and BMI of the foreign students who stayed <6 months (n 200) and those who stayed >6 months (n 200)

Dependent variable/Independent variable	Period of stay (months)
	<6						>6
	BMI	(β, r 2)	BF	(β, r 2)	VF	(β, r 2)	BMI	(β, r 2)	BF	(β, r 2)	VF	(β, r 2)
No. of meals/d	0·144*	0·03*, 0·02	0·187**	0·02**, 0·04	0·209**	0·05**, 0·04	0·352**	0·05**, 0·01	0·304**	0·03**, 0·09	0·400**	0·06**, 0·13
Eat breakfast	−0·030	−0·02, 0·007	−0·077	−0·01, 0·01	−0·042	−0·02, 0·007	−0·218**	−0·04**, 0·04	−0·158*	−0·02*, 0·02	−0·213**	−0·04**, 0·05
Eat at restaurant	−0·044	−0·001, 0·001	−0·052	−0·005, 0·001	−0·062	−0·01, 0·001	0·053	0·01, 0·002	0·051	0·006, 0·002	0·074	0·005, 0·001
Prefer special food	0·031	0·004, 0·001	0·021	0·002, 0.001	0·054	0·004, 0·001	0·036	0·001, 0·001	0·047	0·006, 0·005	−0·045	0·008, 0·003
Special diet regime	0·116	0·008, 0·01	0·156*	0·005*, 0·02	0·126	0·007, 0·008	−0·233**	−0·01**, 0·08	−0·259**	−0·008**, 0·06	−0·279**	−0·01**, 0·04
Take supplements or vitamins	0·038	0·002, 0·001	−0·015	−0·001, 0·001	0·020	0·002, 0·001	−0·043	−0·001, 0·001	−0·052	−0·001, 0·001	−0·044	−0·001, 0·001
Refuse some meals	0·062	0·005, 0·001	0·055	0·007, 0·002	0·076	0·005, 0·001	−0·013	−0·007, 0·001	−0·015	−0·006, 0·001	−0·065	−0·005, 0·001
Intake of soft drink	0·182**	0·05*, 0·02	0·134	0·02, 0·01	0·168*	0·06*, 0·03	0·068	0·03, 0·01	0·121	0·02, 0·01	0·131	0·02, 0·005
Eat sweets	−0·094	−0·02, 0·004	−0·091	−0·01, 0·005	−0·063	−0·01, 0·002	0·041	0·007, 0·001	0·084	0·02, 0·008	0·032	0·02, 0·004
Consumption of potato chips	0·014	0·02, 0·004	−0·044	−0·003, 0·001	−0·063	−0·005, 0·001	0·087	0·03, 0·01	0·074	0·02, 0·02	0·067	0·03, 0·01

*P ≤ 0·05, *P ≤ 0·01. Regression coefficients (β), partial r² for independent variables of interest.