TABLE 1. Participant Characteristics by Smoking Status and Factors Associated With Fruit and Vegetable (FV) Intake.
| Characteristic | Current smoker (N = 261) |
Nonsmoker (N = 2,241) |
pa | ||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Female | 180 | 69 | 1540 | 69 | .935 |
| Siteb | .078 | ||||
| 1 | 49 | 19 | 475 | 21 | |
| 2 | 60 | 23 | 454 | 20 | |
| 3 | 52 | 20 | 396 | 18 | |
| 4 | 62 | 24 | 448 | 20 | |
| 5 | 38 | 15 | 468 | 21 | |
| Married/live with partnerc | 155 | 60 | 1,643 | 74 | < .001 |
| Whitec | 168 | 66 | 1,478 | 67 | .749 |
| Some college or more educationc | 193 | 74 | 1,912 | 86 | < .001 |
| Special diets | |||||
| Vegetarianc | 4 | 2 | 52 | 2 | .415 |
| Vegan | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .403 |
| Low cholesterol dietc | 28 | 11 | 239 | 11 | .975 |
| Diabetic diet | 16 | 6 | 103 | 5 | .270 |
| Lactose intolerant diet | 3 | 1 | 90 | 4 | .021 |
| Low carb dietb | 11 | 4 | 169 | 8 | .049 |
| Low salt dietc | 18 | 7 | 245 | 11 | .044 |
| Responsible fore | |||||
| Meal planningb | 185 | 71 | 1,601 | 72 | .790 |
| Shopping for food | 187 | 72 | 1,595 | 72 | .993 |
| Cooking | 178 | 68 | 1,550 | 70 | .649 |
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M |
SD |
M |
SD |
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| Aged | 45.8 | 10.6 | 46.4 | 10.8 | .403 |
| BMId | 28.9 | 6.3 | 28.7 | 6.6 | .666 |
a
Significance of comparison between smoking status groups.
b
Associated with total daily FV intake at p ≤ .01.
c
Associated with total daily FV intake at p ≤ .001.
d
Associated with total daily FV intake at p ≤ .05.
e
Proportion reporting all or most responsibility for planning meals, food shopping, or cooking meals.