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. 2017 Feb 7;8:119. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00119

Table 1.

Participant characteristics and descriptive statistics for the two samples of young adults.

Mean SD Minimum Maximum n (%)
SAMPLE 1
N 281
Male 128 (45.6%)
Female 153 (54.4%)
% European 83.6%
Age (years) 19.90 1.24 17.00 25.00
BMIa 23.78 3.47 16.18 37.78
Neuroticism 2.80 0.73 1.25 4.50
Extraversion 3.51 0.50 1.58 4.83
Openness 3.49 0.50 2.17 4.83
Conscientiousness 3.32 0.60 1.75 4.83
Agreeableness 3.59 0.47 2.17 4.75
Fruit/day 1.70 1.08 0.00 5.73
Vegetables/day 2.51 1.07 0.20 5.76
Chips/day 0.45 0.57 0.00 5.77
Cookies/day 0.40 0.42 0.00 2.22
SAMPLE 2
N 792
Male 217 (27.4%)
Female 575 (72.6%)
% European 77.5%
Age (years) 19.73 1.73 17.00 25.00
BMIb 23.99 4.52 13.43 57.24
Neuroticism 2.91 0.72 1.08 4.83
Extraversion 3.51 0.52 1.50 4.83
Openness 3.46 0.53 2.08 4.75
Conscientiousness 3.49 0.61 1.25 4.92
Agreeableness 3.74 0.50 2.25 4.83
Fruit/day 2.08 1.29 0.00 7.00
Vegetables/day 2.76 1.38 0.00 7.70
Fries/day 0.56 0.60 0.00 4.08
Candy/day 1.27 0.94 0.00 6.30

BMI, body mass index.

a

BMI computed from self-reported height and weight.

b

BMI computed from objectively measured height and weight. Food consumption variables expressed in standard serving sizes.