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. 2015 May 10;15:479. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1801-7

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and dietary practices variable description of 20–59 year-old adults from the EpiFloripa survey, stratified by gender (n = 1720)

Male (n = 761) Female (n = 959)
Variable n % (CI95%) n % (CI95%)
Age in years
 20 to 29 260 34.2 (30.7;37.5) 280 29.2 (26.3;32.1)
 30 to 39 172 22.6 (19.6;25.6) 220 22.9 (20.3;25.6)
 40 to 49 181 23.8 (20.8;26.8) 257 26.7 (24.0;29.6)
 50 to 59 148 19.4 (16.6;22.3) 202 21.1 (18.5;23.6)
Self-reported skin colour a
 White 642 84.5 (81.9;87.1) 802 84.0 (81.6;86.3)
 Dark 74 9.7(7.6;11.8) 73 7.6 (6.0;9.3)
 Black 34 4.5 (3.0;5.9) 53 5.5 (4.1;7.0)
 Other 10 1.3 (0.5;2.1) 27 2.8 (1.7;3.9)
Per capita family income (tertiles) a
 First tertile (Rich) 258 34.6 (31.2;38.6) 301 32.0 (29.0;35.0)
 Second tertile (Intermediate) 258 34.6 (31.2;38.6) 304 32.3 (29.3;35.3)
 Third tertile (Poor) 229 30.7 (27.4;34.1) 335 35.6 (32.6;38.7)
Education level in years a
 12 or more 318 41.9 (38.4;45.5) 419 43.7 (40.6;46.9)
 9 to 11 263 34.7 (31.3;38.1) 305 31.8 (28.9;34.8)
 0 to 8 177 23.3 (20.3;26.4) 234 24.4 (21.7;27.2)
Regular fruit consumption b
 Yes 245 32.2 (28.9;35.6) 487 50.1 (47.7;54.0)
 No 515 67.8 (64.4;71.1) 471 49.1 (46.0;52.3)
Regular vegetable consumption a,b
 Yes 547 75.4 (72.4;78.5) 802 83.7 (81.4;86.1)
 No 187 24.6 (21.5;27.6) 156 16.3 (13.9;18.6)
Fruit consumption ≥ 3 times/day a,b
 Yes 51 6.7 (4.9;8.5) 139 14.5 (12.3;16.7)
 No 709 93.3 (91.5;95.1) 819 8.5 (83.2;87.7)
Vegetable consumption ≥ 3 times/day a,b
 Yes 462 60.8 (57.3;64.3) 686 71.7 (68.8;74.5)
 No 298 39.2 (35.7;42.7) 271 28.3 (25.5;31.2)
Regular fat of meat consumption a,c,d
 No 484 63.7 (60.2;67.1) 758 79.1 (76.5;81.7)
 Yes 276 36.3 (32.9;39.7) 200 20.9 (18.2;23.5)
Regular fried food consumption a,c
 No 300 39.4 (35.9;42.9) 539 56.4 (53.2;59.5)
 Yes 461 60.6 (57.1;64.1) 417 43.6 (40.5;46.8)
Regular sugar-sweetened soda consumption a,c
 No 282 37.1 (33.6;40.5) 442 46.2 (43.0;49.4)
 Yes 479 62.9 (59.5;66.4) 515 53.8 (50.6;57.0)
Self-reported DM and/or SAH diagnosis a
 No 632 83.0 (80.4;85.7) 801 83.7 (81.3;86.0)
 Yes 129 17.0 (14.3;19.6) 156 16.3 (14.0;18.6)

DM – diabetes mellitus; SAH – systemic arterial hypertension.

aVariables with missing data at most 0.3%, except for per capita family income (2%).

b≥ 6 times/week consumption.

c≥ 2 times/week consumption.

dIncludes red meat fat and/or chicken skin.