Table 1.
Characteristics of All Commenters on Federal Register Docket No. FDA-2018-N-3522.
| All respondents (n=8,052) | Respondents who mentioned calcium (n=244) | Respondents who did not mention calcium (n=7,808) | P-value | ||||
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| Geographical Census Region | 0.09 | ||||||
| Northeastern U.S. | 668 | 8.3 | 27 | 11.1 | 641 | 8.2 | |
| Midwestern U.S. | 717 | 8.9 | 29 | 11.9 | 688 | 8.8 | |
| Southern U.S. | 853 | 10.6 | 29 | 11.9 | 824 | 10.6 | |
| Western U.S. | 1163 | 14.4 | 27 | 11.1 | 1136 | 14.5 | |
| Did not specify or other country | 4651 | 57.8 | 132 | 54.1 | 4519 | 57.9 | |
| Submitter Category | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Individual Consumer | 5415 | 67.2 | 134 | 54.9 | 5281 | 67.6 | |
| Food Industry/Association | 1591 | 19.8 | 47 | 19.3 | 1544 | 19.8 | |
| Health Professional | 154 | 1.9 | 17 | 7.0 | 137 | 1.8 | |
| Other | 892 | 11.1 | 46 | 18.9 | 846 | 10.8 | |
| Product Preference | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Prefer dairy products | 599 | 7.4 | 72 | 29.5 | 527 | 6.7 | |
| Prefer plant-based products | 4000 | 49.7 | 125 | 51.2 | 3875 | 49.6 | |
| Consume both plant-based and dairy products | 129 | 1.6 | 14 | 5.7 | 115 | 1.5 | |
| Unclear or neutral preference | 3324 | 41.2 | 33 | 13.5 | 3291 | 42.1 | |
Source: Author.
Note. Values of P < 0.05 considered statistically significant. Chi-square tests of independence reflect differences between respondents who mentioned calcium and respondents who did not mention calcium.