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. 2014 Jan 13;4(1):e103. doi: 10.1038/nutd.2013.44

Table 3. Summary statistics (means and s.d.).

  Women
Men
All
  Mean s.d. Mean s.d. Mean s.d.
Number 1524   1444   2968  
             
Female         0.51 0.50
BMI 24.10 5.13 25.04 4.36 24.56 4.79
Age (years) 27.36 4.95 27.16 4.96 27.26 4.95
Primary education 0.13 0.34 0.19 0.39 0.16 0.37
Secondary education 0.27 0.44 0.24 0.43 0.26 0.44
Vocational education 0.11 0.31 0.25 0.44 0.18 0.38
Short-term higher education 0.11 0.32 0.06 0.24 0.09 0.29
Middle-term higher education 0.26 0.44 0.15 0.36 0.21 0.41
Long-term higher education 0.12 0.32 0.10 0.30 0.11 0.31
Relationship status 0.61 0.49 0.53 0.50 0.57 0.49
Age difference <6 years 0.67 0.47 0.65 0.48 0.66 0.47
Grew up together 0.72 0.45 0.70 0.46 0.71 0.45
Number of siblings 1.62 0.82 1.64 0.81 1.63 0.81
Brother 0.48 0.50 0.49 0.50 0.49 0.50
Underestimation 0.12 0.32 0.28 0.45 0.20 0.40
Overestimation 0.12 0.33 0.04 0.20 0.08 0.28

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index (calculated as kg m−2).