Table 1.
Description of study sample for the general study population and by sex and area of residence per study variable‡
| Variables | Sex† | Area† | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General (n 813) | Girls (n 519) | Boys (n 294) | Urban (n 408) | Rural (n 405) | ||||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Fruits and vegetables intake (g/d/4184 kJ (1000 kcal)) | 36·7 | 27·3 | 34·5 | 36·5 | 31·1 | 27·3 | 32·1 | 23·4 | 27·6 | 24·4 |
| Legumes intake (g/d/4184 kJ (1000 kcal)) | 22·1 | 24·1 | 19·5 | 16·5 | 26·7*** | 20·6 | 16·6 | 27·3 | 41·4*** | 36·3 |
| Sugary drinks intake (g/d/4184 kJ (1000 kcal)) | 155·8 | 136·6 | 149·7 | 132·8 | 166·5** | 142·6 | 188·4*** | 148·7 | 128·9 | 117·4 |
| Ultra-processed foods intake (g/d/4184 kJ (1000 kcal)) | 10·4 | 6·0 | 9·9 | 5·9 | 10·7 | 6·2 | 10·6 | 6·3 | 10·2 | 4·8 |
| Fast food intake (g/d/4184 kJ (1000 kcal)) | 19·3 | 15·9 | 21·4 | 28·7 | 36·7* | 18·2 | 22·3** | 12·9 | 16·4 | 11·3 |
| Gender-based food intake stereotypes | 2·1 | 0·5 | 2·0 | 0·5 | 2·2 | 0·6** | 2·1 | 0·5 | 2·2 | 0·6 |
| Family meal environment | 3·2 | 0·7 | 3·2 | 0·7 | 3·2 | 0·7 | 3·2 | 0·7 | 3·1 | 0·7 |
| Authoritative parenting style | 3·4 | 1·1 | 3·4 | 1·1 | 3·5 | 1,1 | 3·5 | 1·1 | 3·3 | 1·1 |
| Authoritarian parenting style | 1·8 | 0·9 | 1·7 | 0·9 | 1·9* | 0·9 | 1·7 | 0·8 | 1·9 | 0·9 |
*P < 0·05; **P < 0·01; ***P < 0·001.
†
Mean differences were determined using independent sample t-tests.
‡
For every variable, kurtosis and skewness were within the levels suggested by Kline (2011).