Table 1.

Demographic characteristics across the quartiles of fast food consumption.

Variables	Quartiles of fast food intake				P 2
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
	[<51.8 g/week] n = 35	[51.9–100.7 g/week] n = 34	[100.8–214.9 g/week] n = 36	[>215 g/week] n = 35
Age (y)	12.32 ± 1.0881	12.58 ± 0.89	12.33 ± 1.01	12.42 ± 0.88	0.677
Height (cm)	150.58 ± 8.71	154.77 ± 8.39	153.00 ± 6.91	152.92 ± 7.78	0.157
Physical Activity (METh/day)	12.22 ± 0.84	12.61 ± 0.85	14.01 ± 0.83	14.01 ± 0.84	0.303
85th < BMI3 < 95th (%)	0	17.6	16.7	40.0	0.0001
BMI > 95th (%)	2.9	0	5.6	11.4	0.0001
WC3 > 75th (%)	22.9	38.2	44.4	54.3	0.055

¹Values are mean ± SD unless indicated.

² P values resulted from analysis of variance for quantitative variables and χ² for qualitative variables.

³BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference.