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. 2017 Jan 7;14:3. doi: 10.1186/s12966-016-0459-6

Table 3.

Eating pattern characteristics of temporal eating patterns, by latent class membership. Results are means (SD)¹

	Men				Women
	Conventional	Later Lunch	Grazing	P for trend	Conventional	Later Lunch	Grazing	P for trend²
EO frequency	4.6 (1.2)^a	4.8 (1.1)^b	5.2 (1.3)^c	<0.05	4.6 (1.2)^a	4.7 (1.1)^a	5.1 (1.3)^b	<0.001
Meal frequency	2.9 (0.5)^a	3.0 (0.5)^a	2.8 (0.6)^b	<0.01	3.0 (0.5)	3.1 (0.5)^a	3.0 (0.6)^b	<0.05
Snack frequency	2.3 (1.3)^a	2.5 (1.3)^b	2.9 (1.4)^c	<0.05	2.5 (1.5)^a	2.6 (1.3)^a	3.1 (1.5)^b	<0.001
Time between EOs (min)	220 (69)^a	211 (62)^b	205 (68)^b	<0.05	212 (67)^a	205 (67)^a	192 (62)^b	<0.01
Total EI (kJ)	9085 (2777)^a	9556 (2710)^b	10456 (3122)^c	<0.01	7012 (2398)^a	7320 (2415)^a	7661 (2487)^b	<0.05
Total EI from meals (%)	79 (15)^a	79 (13)^a	71 (15)^b	<0.001	80 (13)^a	79 (13)^a	73 (15)^b	<0.001
Total EI from snacks (%)	21 (14)^a	21 (13)^a	29 (15)^b	<0.001	20 (13)^a	21 (13)^a	27 (15)^b	<0.001

¹ EI energy intake, EO eating occasion

²Different superscript letters indicate significant differences between classes, assessed using a F-test with Bonferroni correction