Table 2.
Sample characteristics
| Vegetarian diet N = 39 |
Vegan diet N = 40 |
Omnivore diet N = 41 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | |||
| Age | 26.54 (8.07) | 29.72 (10.75) | 30.27 (10.04) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 21.78 (2.45) | 21.72 (4.09) | 23.11 (7.01) |
| Duration of diet (in months) | 76.20 (105.15) | 45.95 (66.17) | n/a |
| N (%) | |||
| Body mass index | |||
| Underweight | 2 (5.13) | 6 (15.00) | 4 (9.76) |
| Normal body | |||
| Weight | 35 (89.74) | 27 (67.50) | 26 (63.41) |
| Overweight | 2 (5.13) | 7 (17.50) | 6 (14.63) |
| Obesity | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (12.20) |
| Weight loss methods | |||
| Yes | |||
| Diet | 3 (7.69) | 3 (7.50) | 4 (9.76) |
| Physical activity | 9 (23.08) | 6 (15.00) | 10 (24.39) |
| Laxatives | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Vomit | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Starvation diet | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| No | 27 (69.23) | 31 (0) | 27 (65.85) |
| Daily weighing | |||
| Yes | 0 (0) | 1 (2.50) | 4 (9.76) |
| No | 39 (100) | 39 (97.50) | 37 (90.24) |