Table 1.
Means and standard deviations or frequency distributions for the variables under study, according to sex, in a community-based sample of adults (n 1292), the Netherlands
| Women | Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or % | sd | Mean or % | sd | |
| Age (years) | 49·88 | 16·64 | 52·88 | 16·83 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25·55 | 5·35 | 25·71 | 3·91 |
| Marital status (1=yes, 0=no)† | 55·8 | – | 62·0 | – |
| Education level (%) | ||||
| Elementary school | 9·9 | – | 7·7 | – |
| High school | 42·5 | – | 33·7 | – |
| Middle-level applied education | 18·6 | – | 22·5 | – |
| Higher professional education | 22·7 | – | 24·8 | – |
| University education | 6·1 | – | 11·2 | – |
| Emotional eating | 2·19 | 0·77 | 1·83 | 0·66 |
| External eating | 2·55 | 0·53 | 2·55 | 0·51 |
| Restrained eating | 2·97 | 0·74 | 2·56 | 0·77 |
| Intention | 3·10 | 0·93 | 3·06 | 0·82 |
| Health concerns (1=yes, 0=no)† | 67·0 | – | 59·9 | – |
| Appearance concerns (1=yes, 0=no)† | 69·6 | – | 50·8 | – |
| Unhealthy snack habit strength | 2·35 | 1·30 | 2·50 | 1·26 |
| Perceived health consequences | 3·14 | 0·57 | 3·07 | 0·59 |
| Unhealthy snack intake (kJ/d) | 1289 | 925 | 1439 | 954 |
| Unhealthy snack intake (kcal/d) | 308 | 221 | 344 | 228 |
| Fruit and vegetable intake (pieces/d) | 1·75 | 1·53 | 1·39 | 1·34 |
†
Marital status, health concerns and appearance concerns are dichotomous variables. Percentages for these variables reflect the percentage of participants who responded ‘yes’.