Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for primary variables for the overall sample, by genotype and by age.
| TT Genotype (n = 153) | AT + AA Genotype (n = 322) | ≤25 Years (n = 249) | >25 Years (n = 226) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | t | p | d | M | SD | M | SD | t | p | d | |
| Age (years) | 29.19 | 12.94 | 31.05 | 14.46 | −1.29 | 0.212 | 0.135 | 21.41 | 1.58 | 43.48 | 13.94 | −21.962 | 0.000 * | 2.224 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.62 | 5.29 | 26.52 | 6.55 | −3.26 | 0.001 * | 0.319 | 23.46 | 3.81 | 29.26 | 7.19 | −10.093 | 0.000* | 1.008 |
| Fat craving | 10.71 | 5.33 | 9.75 | 5.28 | 1.827 | 0.068 | 0.180 | 10.61 | 5.56 | 8.87 | 4.64 | 3.647 | 0.000 * | 0.339 |
| Sweet craving | 18.16 | 9.10 | 18.86 | 10.04 | −0.66 | 0.525 | 0.073 | 18.10 | 9.42 | 18.48 | 10.31 | −0.410 | 0.682 | 0.038 |
| Carbohydrate craving | 14.55 | 6.194 | 14.33 | 5.61 | 0.388 | 0.698 | 0.037 | 14.52 | 5.91 | 13.39 | 5.69 | 2.068 | 0.039 * | 0.195 |
| Fast food craving | 9.31 | 4.48 | 9.82 | 5.32 | −1.00 | 0.313 | 0.103 | 9.28 | 5.03 | 9.91 | 5.20 | −1.314 | 0.189 | 0.123 |
| Total food craving | 52.73 | 18.78 | 52.71 | 20.72 | 0.050 | 0.960 | 0.001 | 52.51 | 20.37 | 50.65 | 20.35 | 0.968 | 0.334 | 0.091 |
| Cognitive restraint | 12.79 | 3.29 | 13.06 | 3.557 | −0.74 | 0.445 | 0.078 | 13.0 | 3.62 | 12.75 | 3.25 | 0.773 | 0.440 | 0.070 |
| Uncontrolled eating | 20.31 | 5.59 | 20.98 | 5.387 | −1.28 | 0.198 | 0.122 | 21.38 | 5.32 | 19.72 | 5.55 | 3.265 | 0.001 * | 0.310 |
| Emotional eating | 6.71 | 3.05 | 6.7 | 3.07 | −0.300 | 0.764 | 0.003 | 6.97 | 3.07 | 6.25 | 3.03 | 2.527 | 0.012 * | 0.236 |
All significance tests were two-tailed. M = mean score; SD = standard deviation; t = t-test; p = p-value; d = Cohen’s d. * Denotes a significant difference between genotype or age.