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. 2017 Feb 13;9(2):132. doi: 10.3390/nu9020132

Table 2.

Sociodemographic and economics characteristics and Body Mass Index.

Sample Population Segment 1 Segment 2 Segment 3
Female (%) * (0.22 (0.641)) 1 52.07 50.90 2 63.04 48.94 39.29
Age (average) ** 46.98 42.68 2 50.00 a 48.11 a 40.14 b
Age (%) (21.31 (0.167)) 1
18–34 *** 24.79 24.12 2 15.22 a 17.02 a 53.57 b
35–44 19.01 20.62 2 23.91 19.15 10.71
45–54 25.62 18.56 2 21.74 31.91 21.43
55–64 ** 10.74 14.32 2 17.39 10.64 0.00
≥65 19.83 22.38 2 21.74 21.28 14.29
Education level (%) (18.06 (0.001)) 1
Primary 17.36 17.00 3 15.22 17.02 21.43
Secondary 35.54 50.00 3 39.13 38.30 25.00
Higher 47.11 33.00 3 45.65 44.68 53.57
Income level (%) 4
≤1500 €/month * 42.71 N/A 47.83 25.53 35.71
1501–2500 €/month 33.01 N/A 23.91 31.91 28.57
>2500 €/month 24.28 N/A 17.39 25.53 17.86
Body mass index (%) (2.89 (0.577)) 1
Obese and over weight 52.07 60.90 5 58.07 53.19 39.29
Normal weight 46.28 37.80 5 39.13 44.68 60.71
Under weight 1.65 1.20 5 2.17 2.13 0.00

Note: ***, **, * denotes statistical significance at 1%, 5%, and 10%, respectively. a,b Superscript letters indicate that group means are different for continuous variables using the Bonferroni Test and that the percentages are different for discrete variables using χ2-square Test. 1 The χ2-square (p-value) Test between the sample and the population; 2 INE—Padrón continuo (1 January 2015); 3 Education at a glance: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCDE) Indicators, OCDE (2014); 4 The 14.88% of the participants don’t know or prefer not to say; 5 Aranceta-Bartrina et al., 2016 [37].