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. 2017 Apr 4;7(4):e012927. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012927

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants with dietary records from the Airwave Health Monitoring Study

  Men (n 2568)
Women (n 1510)
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.