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. 2014 Dec 29;18(13):2433–2445. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014002821

Table 3.

Characteristics of Dutch women and men (>18 years) with diets of low, intermediate and high environmental load based on habitual GHGE for a day’s consumption

Women Men
All women Low (n 351) Intermediate (n 350) High (n 350) All men Low (n 352) Intermediate (n 352) High (n 351)
Mean sd Model Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd Model Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd
Age (years) 42·0 15·0 ** 40·7 15·3 41·8 14·8 43·6 14·6 42·2 15·1 NS 42·4 15·5 41·7 15·1 42·5 14·8
Participant’s education (%) NS NS
Low 37 39 34 37 30 29 28 34
Middle 42 41 45 41 46 46 49 43
High 21 20 20 22 23 24 22 23
Urbanization (%)§ NS NS
High 49 49 48 51 50 51 51 48
Moderate 23 23 24 22 21 23 21 20
Low 28 28 28 27 29 26 28 32
BMI (kg/m2) 26·1 5·7 NS 25·8 5·5 25·8 5·3 26·5 6·1 25·8 4·1 NS 26·0 4·3 25·9 4·3 25·5 3·7
BMR (MJ/d) 6·2 0·8 NS 6·2 0·8 6·2 0·8 6·2 0·8 7·8 0·8 NS 7·8 0·8 7·9 0·9 7·8 0·8
PA (MET×h/week) 172 110 NS 164 97 172 125 181 105 172 111 * 164 121 171 106 181 106

GHGE, greenhouse gas emissions; PA, physical activity; MET, metabolic equivalent of task.

*P<0·05, **P<0·01, ***P<0·001.

Model to evaluate associations per age and gender group, model adjusted for age.

Education: low=primary education, lower vocational education and advanced elementary education; middle=intermediate vocational education and higher general secondary education; high=higher vocational education and university.

§

Urbanization: high, ≥1500 addresses/km2; moderate, 1000–<1500 addresses/km2; low, <1000 addresses/km2.