Table 1.
Characteristics of 1- to 19-year-old Greek children and adolescents providing plausible dietary intake data in Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey
| Total | Boys | Girls | P* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| 577 | 100·0 | 282 | 49·0 | 295 | 51·0 | ||
| Age (years) | 9·8 | 9·5 | 10·1 | 0·282 | |||
| sd | 5·6 | 5·9 | 5·8 | ||||
| Age group | |||||||
| 1–3 years | 92 | 16·0 | 43 | 15·2 | 49 | 16·6 | 0·859 |
| 4–8 years | 178 | 30·8 | 92 | 32·6 | 86 | 29·1 | 0·617 |
| 9–13 years | 131 | 22·7 | 69 | 24·5 | 62 | 21 | 0·639 |
| 14–18 years | 130 | 22·5 | 64 | 22·7 | 66 | 22·4 | 0·964 |
| 19 years | 46 | 8·0 | 14 | 5·0 | 32 | 10·9 | 0·522 |
| Dietary Information | |||||||
| First recall | 577 | 100·0 | 282 | 100·0 | 295 | 100·0 | – |
| Second recall | 443 | 76·8 | 226 | 80·1 | 217 | 73·6 | 0·105 |
| Nationality | |||||||
| Nationals | 553 | 96·0 | 272 | 96·4 | 281 | 95·2 | 0·480 |
| Non Nationals | 24 | 4·0 | 10 | 3·5 | 14 | 4·6 | 0·886 |
The symbol ‘–’ indicates that the test could not be implemented because there were insufficient data.
*P values are derived from t test to detect significant differences (P < 0·05) between sex groups.