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. 2017 Mar 1;9(3):217. doi: 10.3390/nu9030217

Table 2.

Individual characteristics of 51,043 participants of the NutriNet-Santé study (2014), according to the BIS-11 total score and its categories, according to gender.

Variables Whole Sample p 1 Men (n = 11,929) p 1 Women (n = 39,144) p 1
BIS-11 Mean (SD) Over-Control (n = 2641) Average Impulsivity (n = 8691) High Impulsivity (n = 597) Over-Control (n = 6460) Average Impulsivity (n = 30,051) High Impulsivity (n = 2603)
Age (years) 2 55.8 (13.5) 55.9 (14.3) 55.8 (14.6) 0.959 49.0 (13.8) 48.9 (14.3) 48.3 (15.2) 0.18
Age categories (%) <0.0001 0.02 <0.0001
(18–24) 60.8 (8.4) 16.6 74.3 9.1 11.4 78.1 10.6
(25–39) 58.8 (7.9) 20.6 74.9 4.5 17.0 76.5 6.6
(40–54) 58.5 (8.0) 23.9 71.1 5.0 17.1 76.6 6.2
(55–64) 58.7 (7.9) 23.1 72.2 4.7 16.3 77.4 6.4
65+ 58.8 (8.2) 21.2 73.6 5.3 16.3 76.6 7.1
Education (%) <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Primary 61.5 (8.7) 17.3 70.5 12.2 8.8 77.0 14.1
Secondary 59.8 (8.3) 19.1 74.2 6.7 14.0 77.0 9.1
University 58.2 (7.6) 23.9 72.3 3.8 17.9 76.8 5.4
Smoking status (%) <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Never smoker 57.8 (7.8) 26.6 70.1 3.3 19.1 75.9 5.1
Former smoker 59.3 (8.0) 19.9 74.5 5.6 14.4 77.8 7.7
Current smoker 60.8 (8.3) 15.6 75.9 8.6 11.5 78.1 10.4
Alcohol intake (g/day) 2 10.9 (12.9) 13.0 (14.1) 14.5 (15.8) <0.0001 4.5 (6.7) 5.3 (7.4) 6.6 (9.4) <0.0001
Physical activity (%) <0.0001 0.026 <0.0001
Low 59.3 (8.2) 21.7 72.3 6.0 15.7 76.7 7.7
Moderate 58.7 (7.9) 20.9 74.2 4.9 16.2 77.7 6.2
High 58.4 (8.0) 23.4 72.0 4.6 17.6 75.9 6.5
Occupational status (%) <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Unemployed 60.9 (8.6) 14.0 76.3 9.7 12.2 76.5 11.3
Student 60.9 (8.6) 10.7 78.7 10.7 13.4 74.9 11.7
Self-employed, farmer 59.4 (8.0) 21.0 73.1 5.9 13.0 79.5 7.5
Employee, manual worker 59.7 (8.0) 17.1 75.5 7.4 14.7 77.7 7.6
Managerial staff, intellectual profession 57.3 (7.5) 26.9 70.5 2.6 20.2 75.8 4.1
Intermediate professions 58.3 (7.7) 21.0 73.2 5.7 17.8 77.0 5.3
Retired 58.7 (8.0) 21.7 73.2 5.1 16.2 77.3 6.5
Monthly income per household unit (%) 3 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Less than 900 € 61.4 (8.8) 16.6 73.0 10.5 11.0 75.8 13.2
Between 900 € and 1200 € 59.7 (8.1) 16.8 75.8 7.4 15.0 76.6 8.4
Between 1200 € and 1800 € 59.4 (8.1) 20.4 73.2 6.4 14.2 78.3 7.5
Between 1800 € and 2300 € 58.9 (7.8) 20.4 74.1 5.5 16.3 77.4 6.2
Between 2300 € and 2700 € 58.3 (7.8) 21.0 74.7 4.3 18.1 76.5 5.5
Between 2700 € and 3700 € 57.7 (7.6) 24.4 71.9 3.8 19.0 76.4 4.6
More than 3700 € 57.3 (7.6) 26.2 70.4 3.4 20.2 75.7 4.1
Unwilling to answer 58.5 (8.0) 22.6 73.6 3.8 17.7 75.9 6.4
Matrimonial status (%) <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Living alone 60.2 (8.4) 18.4 73.5 8.1 13.0 77.2 9.8
Living with a partner 59.3 (7.9) 19.1 73.9 7.1 14.5 78.3 7.2
Married 57.9 (7.8) 24.0 71.9 4.1 19.0 75.8 5.2
Divorced, separated, widowed 59.7 (8.2) 19.1 73.9 7.1 14.4 77.7 7.9
BMI (kg/m2) 2 24.8 (3.6) 25.2 (3.8) 26.3 (4.6) <0.0001 23.4 (4.5) 23.7 (4.6) 24.3 (5.3) <0.0001
Nutritional status (%) <0.0001 4 <0.0001 4 <0.0001 4
Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) 58.8 (8.4) 21.3 69.7 9.0 18.7 74.3 7.0
Normal (18.5–24.99 kg/m2) 58.5 (7.9) 23.5 72.6 3.9 16.9 77.0 6.0
Overweight (25–29.99 kg/m2) 58.9 (8.1) 21.4 72.9 5.7 15.4 77.3 7.3
Obese (≥30 kg/m2) 60.0 (8.5) 17.1 74.4 8.5 14.4 76.2 9.4
Obese Class I (30–34.99 kg/m2) 59.8 (8.3) 17.1 74.8 8.1 14.2 76.9 8.9
Obese Class II (35–39.99 kg/m2) 60.3 (8.6) 17.7 75.3 7.0 15.1 75.0 9.9
Obese Class III (≥40 kg/m2) 60.8 (9.1) 15.1 67.1 17.8 13.9 74.4 11.7

Boldface indicates statistical significance; 1 Adjusted p values for multiple comparisons (Hochberg method) based on the Student’s t test and Pearson χ2 test, as appropriate; 2 Mean (SD); 3 The household income per month was calculated by consumption units (CU). The number of people of the household was converted into a number of CU according to a weighting system: one CU is attributed for the first adult in the household, 0.5 for other persons aged 14 or older and 0.3 for children under 14 [34]; 4 The tests were performed for underweight, normal, overweight and global obesity categories.