Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of study population according to quartiles of dietary pattern
| Characteristics | Prudent diet |
Fast food diet |
Animal fat diet |
Mediterranean diet |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q4 | P | Q1 | Q4 | P | Q1 | Q4 | P | Q1 | Q4 | P | |
| Age (year) | 14.6 ± 1.8 | 14.3 ± 1.8 | 0.040 | 14.3 ± 1.9 | 14.6 ± 1.7 | 0.080 | 14.4 ± 1.8 | 14.4 ± 1.8 | 0.200 | 14.5 ± 1.8 | 14.4 ± 1.9 | 0.080 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 19.9 ± 3.6 | 20.0 ± 3.8 | 0.500 | 20.0 ± 3.9 | 19.9 ± 3.5 | 0.90 | 20.6 ± 4.0 | 19.4 ± 3.4 | 0.100 | 19.5 ± 3.4 | 20.7 ± 4.2 | 0.100 |
| TV watching (h/day) | 3.2 ± 1.7 | 3.2 ± 1.6 | 0.700 | 3.0 ± 1.6 | 3.4 ± 1.6 | 0.020 | 3.2 ± 1.6 | 3.2 ± 1.6 | 0.600 | 3.3 ± 1.6 | 31 ± 1.7 | 0.100 |
| Nutrition knowledge | 45.5 ± 18.4 | 48.4 ± 19.3 | 0.005 | 56.2 ± 17.2 | 50.7 ± 21.2 | < 0.001 | 48.2 ± 21.6 | 37.6 ± 22.4 | < 0.001 | 57.0 ± 25.8 | 74.5 ± 24.1 | < 0.001 |
| Being boy (%) | 50.4 | 49.3 | 0.500 | 48.1 | 55.5 | 0.007 | 38.2 | 64.4 | < 0.001 | 58.7 | 47.2 | < 0.001 |
| Education degree | ||||||||||||
| Middle school (%) | 26.0 | 25.7 | 0.900 | 26.9 | 23.2 | 0.100 | 21.5 | 27.8 | 0.008 | 24.5 | 25.7 | 0.800 |
| High school (%) | 33.8 | 24.2 | 0.040 | 22.8 | 25.8 | 0.070 | 28.8 | 21.9 | 0.001 | 25.5 | 24.2 | 0.800 |
| Urbanization | 77.2 | 73.9 | 0.300 | 76.8 | 79.9 | 0.100 | 95.2 | 43.3 | < 0.001 | 63.9 | 88.8 | < 0.001 |
| Regular physical activity (%) | 21.1 | 27.9 | < 0.001 | 23.7 | 24.5 | 0.070 | 24.3 | 27.7 | 0.100 | 24.8 | 25.4 | 0.800 |
| Membership in sports team (%) | 19.3 | 29.9 | 0.001 | 22.6 | 27.2 | 0.300 | 22.8 | 25.2 | 0.200 | 23.0 | 28.8 | 0.030 |
Q1: Quartile 1; Q4: Quartile 4