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. 2023 Aug 16;15(16):3591. doi: 10.3390/nu15163591

Table 2.

Type of consumed junk food products according to age, and test of equality for column proportions (z-test).

Type of Consumed Junk Food Products Age
18–23
(a)
24–35
(b)
36–45
(c)
>45
(d)
n % n % n % n %
Hamburgers 223 b,c,d 63.4 99 c,d 28.1 23 6.5 7 2.0
Hot dogs 47 c 64.4 21 28.8 2 2.7 3 4.1
French fries 454 c,d 56.3 252 c,d 31.3 74 d 9.2 26 3.2
Shawarma 149 c,d 60.6 70 d 28.5 18 7.3 9 3.7
Packaged sandwiches 144 b,c,d 64.9 57 d 25.7 16 7.2 5 2.3
Chips 261 b,c,d 62.3 122 c,d 29.1 30 d 7.2 6 1.4
Snacks 313 b,c,d 70.3 109 c,d 24.5 18 4.0 5 1.1
Pastries 413 b,c,d 58.0 213 c,d 29.9 57 8.0 29 4.1
Other packaged sweets 147 c,d 56.5 83 c,d 31.9 19 7.3 11 4.2
Candies 231 c,d 55.5 124 d 29.8 34 8.2 27 6.5
Ice cream 125 c,d 50.4 66 c,d 26.6 29 11.7 28 11.3
Other sweets 267 c,d 55.9 159 c,d 33.3 31 6.5 21 4.4
Chewing-gum 360 b,c,d 61.9 158 c,d 27.1 38 6.5 26 4.5
Sweetened carbonated drinks 325 b,c,d 57.5 161 d 28.5 59 d 10.4 20 3.5
Sweetened soft drinks 201 b,c,d 65.3 81 c,d 26.3 12 3.9 14 4.5
Energizing drinks 131 b,c,d 76.6 28 16.4 9 5.3 3 1.8
Coffee 450 41.7 349 a 32.3 144 a 13.3 136 a 12.6
Do not consume 52 32.1 35 21.6 33 a,b 20.4 42 a,b 25.9

Values in the same row not sharing the same superscript were significantly different at p < 0.05 in the two-sided test of equality for column proportions (z-test). Tests were adjusted for all pairwise comparisons within a row of each innermost sub-table using the Bonferroni correction.