Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics based on the total population and by academic background

	Total (n 132)		Nutrition background (n 76)		Non-nutrition background (n 56)		P-value
	Mean or n	sd or %	Mean or n	sd or %	Mean or n	sd or %
Age (years)	22·9	3·1	23·4	2·6	22·2	3·6	0·043*
Sex							0·032†
Female	93	70·5	48	63·2	45	80·4
Male	39	29·5	28	36·8	11	19·6

^*Two-sample t test with P < 0·05.

^†Chi-square test with P < 0·05.