Table 6. Prevalence of obesity, T2D, and HTN according to dietary habits.
Dietary habits | Prevalence | |||||||||
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Obesity | Non-obesity | P-value1) | T2D | Non-T2D | P-value | HTN | Non-HTN | P-value | ||
I have three meals a day | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | |||||||
Unlikely | 30.51 | 14.11 | 37.5 | 14.23 | 51.35 | 9.61 | ||||
Likely | 69.49 | 85.89 | 62.5 | 85.77 | 48.65 | 90.39 | ||||
I have breakfast regularly | < 0.01** | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | |||||||
Unlikely | 32.20 | 18.05 | 40.0 | 17.69 | 51.35 | 13.70 | ||||
Likely | 67.80 | 81.95 | 60.0 | 82.31 | 48.65 | 86.30 | ||||
I don’t eat late-night snacks everyday | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | |||||||
Unlikely | 47.46 | 6.64 | 48.75 | 9.23 | 34.23 | 10.02 | ||||
Likely | 52.54 | 93.36 | 51.25 | 90.77 | 65.77 | 89.98 | ||||
I don’t add sugar to my beverages | 0.223 | < 0.01** | < 0.05* | |||||||
Unlikely | 4.24 | 1.66 | 6.25 | 1.35 | 4.50 | 1.43 | ||||
Likely | 95.76 | 98.34 | 93.75 | 98.65 | 95.50 | 98.36 | ||||
I don’t add salt to my food | < 0.05* | < 0.01** | < 0.05* | |||||||
Unlikely | 2.54 | 0.21 | 2.5 | 0.19 | 1.80 | 0.40 | ||||
Likely | 97.46 | 99.79 | 97.5 | 99.81 | 98.20 | 99.60 | ||||
I don’t eat more than one serving of food every meal time | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | |||||||
Unlikely | 36.44 | 2.28 | 36.25 | 4.62 | 24.32 | 5.32 | ||||
Likely | 63.56 | 97.72 | 63.75 | 95.19 | 75.68 | 94.68 | ||||
I don’t eat fast food everyday | 0.485 | 0.127 | 0.499 | |||||||
Unlikely | 0.85 | 0.41 | 1.25 | 0.19 | 0.0 | 0.41 | ||||
Likely | 99.15 | 99.59 | 98.75 | 99.81 | 100 | 99.59 | ||||
I take some nutrient supplements everyday | 0.443 | 0.533 | 0.347 | |||||||
Unlikely | 1.69 | 1.87 | 2.5 | 1.54 | 2.70 | 1.43 | ||||
Likely | 98.31 | 98.13 | 97.5 | 98.46 | 97.30 | 98.57 | ||||
I drink at least eight cups of water everyday | < 0.05* | 0.783 | 0.543 | |||||||
Unlikely | 71.19 | 58.71 | 62.5 | 60.77 | 58.56 | 61.55 | ||||
Likely | 28.81 | 41.29 | 37.5 | 39.23 | 41.44 | 38.45 | ||||
I consume healthy drinks to improve my health | 0.198 | 0.587 | 0.095 | |||||||
Unlikely | 82.20 | 93.36 | 70.0 | 94.23 | 71.17 | 96.89 | ||||
Likely | 17.80 | 6.64 | 30.0 | 5.77 | 28.82 | 3.11 |
Data are presented as percentages (%).
T2D, type 2 diabetes; HTN, hypertension.
1)P-values were obtained from the χ2 test.
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.