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. 2017 Oct 18;7:13516. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13355-7

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics for participants allocated to the slow and fast group.

Slow Touch Group (n = 42) Fast Touch Group (n = 42) t p
Age (in years) 22.21 (2.10) 22.86 (3.06) −1.12 0.27
BMI 20.84 (2.43) 21.44 (3.66) −0.88 0.38
 Missing 2 1
N % N % X 2 p
Relationship Status 0.43 0.51
 In a current relationship 21 50 24 57.1
 Single 21 50 18 42.9
Ethnicity 4.23 0.65
 Caucasian 10 23.8 6 14.3
 Asian-British/Asian 23 54.8 29 69
 Mixed/Multi-racial 3 7.1 3 7.1
 Arabic 1 2.4 0 0
 Hispanic/Latino 2 4.8 1 2.4
 Black/ Black British 1 2.4 0 0
 Other 2 4.8 3 6
Highest Level of Education Completed 0.39 0.82
 High School 16 38.1 16 38.1
 Bachelor’s Degree 20 47.6 18 42.9
 Master’s Degree 6 14.3 8 19
Sexual Orientation 0.13 0.94
 Heterosexual 36 85.7 37 88.1
 Homosexual 1 2.4 1 2.4
 Bisexual 5 11.9 4 9.5

Age, BMI and mood are presented as mean (standard deviation).