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. 2018 Apr 3;10(4):442. doi: 10.3390/nu10040442

Table 1.

Socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics according to the nutrition labelling use and its predictor factors in participants aged 17–35 years from the DiSA-UMH (Dieta, Salud y Antropometría-Universidad Miguel Hernández) study, Spain (n = 1026).

Nutrition Labelling Use
No Yes p-Value 1 OR 2 (CI 95%)
n (%) n (%)
Sex 0.11
 Male 132 (45.8) 156 (54.2) 1
 Female 298 (40.4) 440 (59.6) 1.38 (1.01–1.89)
Self-rated health status 0.94
 Very Good/Good 383 (41.9) 530 (58.1) 1
 Fair/Poor/Very Poor 47 (41.6) 66 (58.4) 1.14 (0.76–1.74)
BMI (kg/m2)
 <25 371 (42.0) 513 (58.0) 0.93 1
 25.0–29.9 49 (42.2) 67 (57.8) 0.96 (0.64–1.46)
 ≥30 10 (38.5) 16 (61.5) 1.18 (0.51–2.73)
Smoking status 0.89
 No 292 (42.1) 402 (57.9) 1
 Yes 138 (41.6) 194 (58.4) 0.98 (0.74–1.30)
Sleep duration (h/day) 0.09
 <7 31 (36.5) 54 (63.5) 1.25 (0.77–2.01)
 7–9 367 (41.6) 515 (58.4) 1
 >9 32 (54.2) 27 (45.8) 0.66 (0.38–1.14)
Physical activity 0.10
 Not active 252 (44.8) 310 (55.2) 1
 Moderately active 99 (38.8) 156 (61.2) 1.34 (0.98–1.83)
 Active/very active 79 (37.8) 130 (62.2) 1.68 (1.17–2.41)
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) p-Value 1 OR 2 (CI 95%)
Age (years) 22.6 (2.6) 23.2 (3.3) <0.05 1.08 (1.03–1.13)
TV watching (h/day) 1.5 (1.0) 1.3 (1.0) <0.05 0.84 (0.74–0.95)
Energy intake (kcals/day) 2125 (621) 2004 (606) <0.05 0.99 (0.99–1.00)
Alcohol intake (g/day) 4.5 (7.7) 4.4 (6.7) 0.86 0.99 (0.97–1.01)

Abbreviations: BMI, Body Mass Index; SD, standard deviation; CI: confidence interval; TV, television. 1 p-value from Chi-square test (categorical variables) and t-student test (continuous variables); 2 OR: Odds ratios were adjusted by all variables in the table.