Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants in the validation study (n=167a).
| Characteristics | By group | By gender | All (n=167) |
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Group 1 (n=82) |
Group 2 (n=46) |
Group 3 (n=39) |
Men (n=35) |
Women (n=132) |
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Male | 16 (19.5) | 11 (23.9) | 8 (20.5) |
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35 (21.0) |
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Female | 66 (80.5) | 35 (76.1) | 31 (79.5) |
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132 (79.0) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 34 (12) | 31 (11) | 33 (12) | 33 (10) | 33 (12) | 33 (12) | |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 23 (3.6) | 23 (3.4) | 23 (3.7) | 24 (2.2) | 23 (3.8) | 23 (3.6) | |
| Education >12 years, n (%) | 64 (78.0) | 38 (82.6) | 32 (82.1) | 28 (80.0) | 106 (80.3) | 134 (80.2) | |
| Working full time, n (%) | 33 (40.2) | 12 (26.1) | 10 (25.6) | 12 (34.3) | 43 (32.6) | 55 (32.9) | |
| Student, n (%) | 41 (50.0) | 31 (67.4) | 26 (66.7) | 19 (54.3) | 79 (59.8) | 98 (58.7) | |
| Background in nutritionb, n (%) | 21 (25.6) | 15 (32.6) | 13 (33.3) | 6 (17.1) | 43 (32.6) | 49 (29.3) | |
| Tobacco usec, n (%) | 11 (13.4) | 5 (10.9) | 6 (15.4) | 12 (34.3) | 10 (7.6) | 22 (13.2) | |
aFrom this study sample, 4 underreporters were excluded for analysis with the WFR (n=163). There were no statistically significant differences in characteristics between groups or sexes, except for Swedish snuff between sexes (1.8% women and 4.2% men, P=.001) via 2-sample t test and Fisher’s exact test.
bStudying or working in the nutrition field.
cTobacco use = smoking and/or Swedish snuff. Values are missing for 3 women in group 3.