Table 3.
Characteristics of the population sample.
| Characteristics | Read Food Labels | P-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All n = 883 |
No n = 387 (43.8%) |
Yes n = 496 (56.2%) |
Univariate | Sex/Age Adjusted | |
| Age (year) | 52.5 (9.6) | 53.3 (9.3) | 51.9 (9.2) | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| Gender | 0.0004 | 0.0006 | |||
| Women n, % |
441 (49.9) | 167 (43.2) | 274 (55.2) | ||
| Men n, % | 442 (50.1) | 220 (56.8) | 222 (44.8) | ||
| Smokers n, % | 0.2 | 0.7 | |||
| Never | 370 (41.9) | 150 (38.8) | 220 (44.4) | ||
| Current | 243 (27.5) | 109 (28.2) | 134 (27) | ||
| Former | 270 (30.6) | 128 (33.7) | 142 (28.6) | ||
| BMI | 27.9 (4.6) | 28.0 (4.4) | 27.8 (4.8) | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Total caloric intake (kcal) | 2089 (607) | 2114 (622) | 2069 (596) | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Physical activity (MET-h/day) | 43.8 (8.2) | 43.3 (8.1) | 44.1 (8.3) | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Social status score n,% | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||
| Low | 221 (25) | 104 (26.9) | 117 (23.6) | ||
| Medium | 258 (29.2) | 110 (28.4) | 148 (29.8) | ||
| High | 354 (40.1) | 153 (39.5) | 201 (40.5) | ||
| Non respondent | 50 (5.7) | 20 (5.2) | 30 (6.1) | ||
| Education level n, % | 0.4 | 0.5 | |||
| Low (≤8 years of education) | 425 (48.2) | 192 (49.7) | 233 (47) | ||
| High (>8 years of education) | 457 (51.8) | 194 (50.3) | 263 (53) | ||
| Income n,% | 0.8 | 0.6 | |||
| Low | 359 (40.7) | 154 (39.7) | 205 (41.3) | ||
| Medium | 196 (22.2) | 83 (21.5) | 113 (22.8) | ||
| High | 64 (7.2) | 29 (7.5) | 35 (7.1) | ||
| Non respondent | 264 (29.9) | 121 (31.3) | 143 (28.8) | ||