Table 1.
Characteristics of participants with dietary records from the Airwave Health Monitoring Study
Men (n 2568) |
Women (n 1510) |
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p Value | |
Age at screening, years | 42.4 | 8.9 | 39.9 | 9.5 | <0.0001* |
Body mass index, kg/m2 | 27.7 | 3.6 | 25.6 | 4.6 | <0.0001* |
Basal metabolic rate, kcal per day | 1906.0 | 159.0 | 1431.0 | 124.0 | <0.0001* |
Daily energy, kcal | 2107.0 | 502.0 | 1711.0 | 395.0 | <0.0001* |
Energy intake: basal metabolic rate | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | <0.0001* |
Macronutrient breakdown of energy intake | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | |
% Energy intake carbohydrate | 43.9 | 6.3 | 44.9 | 6.3 | <0.0001* |
% Energy intake protein | 17.0 | 9.5 | 16.7 | 7.7 | 0.001* |
% Energy intake total fat | 33.6 | 5.3 | 31.4 | 5.5 | 0.004* |
% Energy intake saturated fat | 12.3 | 2.8 | 12.5 | 2.8 | 0.053* |
% Energy intake alcohol | 4.3 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 6.4 | <0.0001† |
% Classified under-reporting energy intake | 56.0 | 41.0 | <0.0001‡ |
*Student's t-test compared mean values between male and female participants.
†Mann-Whitney U test compared median values between male and female participants.
‡χ2 test compared differences between men and women for plausible and under-reporters of energy intake.