Table 1.
Dietary group characteristics (with outlier)
| Group Classification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi‐Veg | True‐Veg | Vegan | Non‐Veg | ||
| Attributes | n (%)/ M ± SD | n (%)/ M ± SD | n (%)/ M ± SD | n (%)/ M ± SD | |
| Age (year) | 26.14 ± 8.40 | 28.88 ± 11.29 | 27.50 ± 10.10 | 31.42 ± 11.13 | |
| Height (cm) | 166.85 ± 6.41 | 166.81 ± 6.55 | 166.26 ± 7.14 | 165.17 ± 7.76 | |
| Weight (kg) | 68.68 ± 18.47 | 67.87 ± 14.81 | 65.12 ± 12.01 | 73.19 ± 17.97 | |
| Characteristics | |||||
| Participants | 36 (5.7) | 104 (16.4) | 281 (44.3) | 213 (33.6) | |
| Weight loss | 10 (2.8) | 28 (7.9) | 94 (26.4) | 61 (17.1) | |
| Weight gain | 13 (3.7) | 25 (7) | 58 (16.3) | 67 (18.8) | |
| Length in vegetarian/vegan diet (Years) | |||||
| Under 1 year | 8 (2) | 25 (6.2) | 39 (9.7) | ||
| 1–2 years | 3 (0.7) | 24 (6) | 72 (18) | ||
| 2–5 years | 4 (1) | 27(6.7) | 95(23.7) | ||
| 5–10 years | 0 (0) | 8 (2) | 32 (8) | ||
| Over 10 years | 2 (0.5) | 13 (3.2) | 37 (9.2) | ||
| Entire Life | 0 (0) | 6 (1.5) | 6 (1.5) | ||
Percentages displayed in weight gain/ loss refer to percentages out of n = 356. Percentages displayed in “length in vegetarian/vegan diet” refer to percentages out of those who classified themselves as vegetarian/vegan. Semi‐Veg = Semi‐vegetarian, True‐Veg = True‐vegetarian, Non‐Veg = Non‐vegetarian.