Table 3. Food intake parameters of study participants divided by chronotype on working vs. non-working days.
Working day | Non-working day | |||||
Morning type | Evening type | p-value | Morning type | Evening type | p-value | |
Total food intake (kcal) | 2129±631 | 2276±815 | 0.373 | 2383±928 | 2378±883 | 0.922 |
Portion size (kcal) | 461±177 | 545±219 | 0.065 | 599±273 | 622±380 | 0.751 |
Eating occasions per day (n) | 4.9±1.5 | 4.4±1.5 | 0.175 | 4.2±1.2 | 4.3±1.6 | 0.568 |
First eating occasion (h:min) | 7∶17±1∶31 | 8∶38±1∶52 | <0.001 | 8∶56±2∶30 | 9∶59±2∶32 | 0.075 |
Food intake after 20∶00 (kcal) | 299±354 | 677±460 | <0.001 | 327±354 | 537±480 | 0.028 |
Food intake after 20∶00 (% of total caloric intake) | 14±15 | 30±18 | <0.001 | 14±15 | 24±20 | 0.009 |
Values are means ± SD. Intake parameters of chronotypes were compared with t-tests on working and non-working days separately. Significant p-values (<0.05) are bolded.