Table 1.
General Characteristics of the Sample by Country
| Total, n = 1,032 |
Mexico, n = 316 |
Colombia, n = 285 |
Brazil, n = 223 |
Paraguay, n = 132 |
Argentina, n = 76 |
Pa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 290 (28.1) | 92 (29.1) | 83 (29.1) | 58 (26.0) | 52 (39.4) | 5 (6.6) | 0.001b |
| Female | 742 (71.9) | 224 (70.9) | 202 (70.9) | 165 (74.0) | 80 (60.6) | 71 (93.4) | |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| ≤23 | 401 (38.9) | 179 (56.6) | 91 (31.9) | 46 (20.6) | 37 (28.0) | 48 (63.2) | 0.001b |
| 24–28 | 292 (28.3) | 75 (23.7) | 63 (22.1) | 86 (38.6) | 50 (37.9) | 18 (23.7) | |
| ≥29 | 339 (32.8) | 62 (19.6) | 131 (46.0) | 91 (40.8) | 45 (34.1) | 10 (13.2) | |
| Occupational status | |||||||
| Student | 572 (55.4) | 188 (59.5) | 163 (57.2) | 65 (29.1) | 80 (60.6) | 76 (100.0) | 0.001b |
| Professional | 460 (44.6) | 128 (40.5) | 122 (42.8) | 158 (70.9) | 52 (39.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Health sector | |||||||
| Nutrition | 351 (34.1) | 78 (24.8) | 69 (24.2) | 115 (51.6) | 15 (11.4) | 74 (100.0) | 0.001b |
| Medicine | 237 (23.0) | 41 (13.0) | 84 (29.5) | 10 (4.5) | 102 (77.3) | 0 (0) | |
| Nursing | 134 (13.0) | 50 (15.9) | 56 (19.6) | 13 (5.8) | 15 (11.4) | 0 (0) | |
| Other areas | 307 (29.8) | 146 (46.3) | 76 (26.7) | 85 (38.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| BMI | |||||||
| Underweight | 52 (5.0) | 22 (7.0) | 9 (3.2) | 11 (4.9) | 5 (3.8) | 5 (6.6) | 0.001b |
| Normal weight | 664 (64.3) | 189 (59.8) | 188 (66.0) | 164 (73.5) | 59 (44.7) | 64 (84.2) | |
| Overweight | 237 (23.0) | 78 (24.7) | 73 (25.6) | 40 (17.9) | 39 (29.5) | 7 (9.2) | |
| Obese | 79 (7.7) | 27 (8.5) | 15 (5.3) | 8 (3.6) | 29 (22.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Smoking status | |||||||
| Nonsmoker | 888 (87.4) | 267 (84.8) | 253 (88.8) | 200 (95.7) | 105 (80.2) | 63 (82.9) | 0.001b |
| Smoker | 76 (7.5) | 33 (10.5) | 11 (3.9) | 6 (2.9) | 16 (12.2) | 10 (13.2) | |
| Former smoker | 52 (5.1) | 15 (4.8) | 21 (7.4) | 3 (1.4) | 10 (7.6) | 3 (3.9) | |
| PA (min/week) | |||||||
| <150 | 57 (5.5) | 6 (1.9) | 17 (6.0) | 6 (2.7) | 23 (17.4) | 5 (6.6) | 0.001b |
| >150 | 975 (94.5) | 310 (98.1) | 268 (94.0) | 217 (97.3) | 109 (82.6) | 71 93.4 | |
| PA energy expenditure (kcal/day) | |||||||
| ≤317 | 344 (33.3) | 94 (29.7) | 96 (33.7) | 50 (22.4) | 68 (51.5) | 36 (47.4) | 0.001b |
| 318–596 | 344 (33.3) | 114 (36.1) | 92 (32.3) | 82 (36.8) | 33 (25.0) | 23 (30.3) | |
| ≥597 | 344 (33.3) | 108 (34.2) | 97 (34.0) | 91 (40.8) | 31 (23.5) | 17 (22.4) | |
Qualitative data are expressed by number (n) and percentage (%). The total n in the variable “smoking status” is 1016 and the total n in the variable “health sector” is 1029.
a
Comparisons between proportions were carried out using the chi-square.
b
p < 0.05.
BMI, body mass index; PA, physical activity.