Table 2.

Adjusted distribution^* of the five temporal patterns of energy intake^† by employment status among non-institutionalized, non-pregnant, community-dwelling adults (n 4508) aged ≥19 years, Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan, 2005–2008

	Distribution (%)
Employment status	T	TA	TAN	DM	DL
Full-time job	22·37D	14·40	19·11	32·08	12·03D
Part-time job	11·33	10·21	23·16	31·72	23·58E,F
No job	15·22	10·37	18·72	38·99	16·70
Student	4·01A,E,F	11·62	10·37	39·67	34·34A,E,F
Retired	19·18D	17·22	19·87	35·40	8·33B,D
Homemaker	19·88D	15·18	16·78	37·64	10·51B,D

^A,B,C,D,E,FSuperscript letters (A=full-time job; B=part-time job; C=unemployed; D=student; E=retired; F=homemaker) indicate the groups that had a significantly different proportion of the temporal energy intake pattern compared with this employment status group. For example, 22·37 % of full-time employees had pattern T, and the D superscript indicates 22·37 % was significantly different from the proportion of students having pattern T. The α level for pairwise comparisons was set at 0·0033 to address the multiple comparisons.

^*Adjusted for sex, age, education level, chronic disease, geography and weekday of dietary recall. The model took the sampling weight and study design into account.

^†T, traditional meal pattern; TA, traditional meal pattern plus afternoon eating; TAN, traditional meal pattern plus afternoon and night eating; DM, delayed morning meal pattern; DL, delayed lunchtime pattern.