Table 1.

Nutrition and lifestyle characteristics of British and Danish students.

Variable	University of Chester (n = 866)		University of Southern Denmark (n = 548)		p value*
	n	%	n	%
Gender					<0.001
Female	626	76.7	267	48.7
Male	239	23.3	281	51.3
Age (year)					<0.001
<20	241	27.8	29	5.3
20–24	243	28.1	400	73.0
25–29	78	9.0	70	12.8
≥30	304	35.1	49	8.9
Perceived stress
Studies in general	408	49.0	245	45.5	0.201
Housing	93	11.2	54	9.9	0.463
Financial situation	354	42.8	181	33.2	<0.001
Workload in addition to studying	415	49.2	80	15.0	<0.001
Nutrition score
High calorie diet score1					<0.001
Low (1st tertile)	354	45.6	92	17.0
Medium (2nd tertile)	243	31.3	233	42.9
High (3rd tertile)	180	23.2	217	40.1
Healthy diet score2					<0.001
Low (1st tertile)	236	30.3	278	51.1
Medium (2nd tertile)	213	27.3	136	25.0
High (3rd tertile)	331	42.4	130	23.9
Quality of life					0.007
Low	55	6.5	52	9.9
Medium	243	28.9	119	22.7
High	542	64.5	354	67.4
Social support					0.587
Low (<3 persons)	284	33.7	174	32.3
High (≥3 persons)	559	66.3	365	67.7
Satisfaction with social support					<0.001
Low	75	8.9	31	5.7
Medium	473	56.4	214	39.6
High	290	34.6	295	54.6

^*χ²-test to compare the two study sites;

¹Low vitamins and minerals, high fat, high calorie;

²High vitamins and minerals, high fiber, low fat, low calorie.