Table 2. Background characteristics of study participants, stratified by sex, in the study.
| Characteristics (unit) |
Men (n=339)a |
Women (n=325) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean/Frequency | Standard deviation/Percentages | Mean/Frequency | Standard deviation/Percentages | |
| Age (years) | 67 | 8 | 64.8 | 8.7 |
| Energy intake at breakfast (kcal) | 524.2 | 213.2 | 384.2 | 153.3 |
| Daily energy intake (kcal) | 2349.8 | 595 | 1759.6 | 409.6 |
| Alcohol consumption (g/day) | 17.6 | 19.8 | 8 | 9.9 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.6 | 4 | 27.2 | 4.5 |
| PAL (Metb) | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| Educational Status (frequency and percentage) | ||||
| No vocational training | 97 | 28.6 | 117 | 36 |
| Technical college | 50 | 14.8 | 95 | 29.2 |
| University | 192 | 56.6 | 113 | 34.8 |
| Smoking Status (frequency and percentage) | ||||
| Non smoker | 110 | 32.5 | 200 | 61.5 |
| Current smoker | 193 | 56.9 | 92 | 28.3 |
| Former smoker | 36 | 10.6 | 33 | 10.1 |
| Treatment Drugs (frequency and percentage) | ||||
| Antihypertensive | 191 | 56.3 | 147 | 45.4 |
| Antidiabetic | 47 | 13.9 | 14 | 4.3 |
| Antilipid | 98 | 28.9 | 75 | 23.1 |
a
Continuous variables are presented as mean±standard deviation and categorical variables as frequencies (percentage).
b
TEE (total energy expenditure), REE (resting energy expenditure).