Table 1.
Participant characteristics stratified by geographical area: Descriptive and Chi-square analysis.
| Median [IQR] or n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | All | North | Centre | South and Isles | p-Value | |
| (n = 1865) | (n = 927) | (n = 593) | (n = 345) | |||
| Geographical area | North | 927 (49.7) | ||||
| Centre | 593 (31.8) | |||||
| South and Isles | 345 (18.5) | |||||
| Age | 29 [16.0] | 29 [17.0] | 29 [15.0] | 27 [16.0] | <0.001 | |
| Gender | Female | 1304 (69.9) | 679 (73.2) | 394 (66.4) | 231 (67.0) | 0.021 |
| Male | 558 (29.2) | 246 (26.5) | 199 (33.6) | 113 (32.8) | ||
| Non-Binary | 3 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Relationship status Missing = 5 |
Into stable relationship or married |
1194 (64.2) | 600 (64.9) | 387 (65.5) | 207 (60.0) | 0.193 |
| Single/divorced/widow | 666 (35.8) | 324 (35.1) | 204 (34.5) | 138 (40.0) | ||
| Education level | Primary/Middle Sch. | 87 (4.6) | 45 (4.9) | 16 (2.7) | 26 (7.5) | 0.008 |
| High School | 803 (43.1) | 397 (42.8) | 246 (41.5) | 160 (46.4) | ||
| University degree | 785 (42.1) | 387 (41.7) | 265 (44.7) | 133 (38.6) | ||
| Post-graduate ed. | 190 (10.2) | 98 (10.6) | 66 (11.1) | 26 (7.5) | ||
| Living condition | Not alone | 1647 (88.3) | 794 (85.7) | 538 (90.7) | 315 (91.3) | 0.002 |
| Alone | 218 (11.7) | 133 (14.3) | 55 (9.3) | 30 (8.7) | ||
| Offspring | No | 1441 (77.3) | 709 (76.5) | 468 (78.9) | 264 (76.5) | 0.508 |
| Yes | 424 (22.7) | 218 (23.5) | 125 (21.1) | 81 (23.5) | ||
| Housing Missing = 1 |
Room | 117 (6.3) | 45 (4.9) | 55 (9.3) | 17 (4.9) | 0.005 |
| Flat | 1133 (60.8) | 572 (61.7) | 359 (60.5) | 202 (58.6) | ||
| Independent house | 615 (32.9) | 308 (33.2) | 179 (30.2) | 123 (35.7) | ||
| Yard/garden | Yes | 618 (33.1) | 313 (33.8) | 181 (30.5) | 124 (35.9) | 0.200 |
| No | 1247 (66.9) | 614 (66.2) | 412 (69.5) | 221 (64.1) | ||
| Working during lockdown | Working | 773 (41.4) | 431 (46.5) | 237 (40.0) | 104 (30.1) | <0.001 |
| Not working | 1093 (58.6) | 496 (53.5) | 356 (60.0) | 241 (69.9) | ||
| Healthcare worker | Yes | 342 (18.3) | 188 (20.3) | 105 (17.7) | 49 (14.2) | 0.040 |
| No | 1523 (81.7) | 739 (79.7) | 488 (82.3) | 296 (85.8) | ||
| Smoke habit | Yes | 409 (21.9) | 182 (19.6) | 150 (25.3) | 77 (22.3) | 0.033 |
| No | 1456 (78.1) | 745 (80.4) | 443 (74.7) | 268 (77.7) | ||
| WHO-5 Well-being |
≤50 | 1074 (57.6) | 512 (55.2) | 348 (58.7) | 214 (62.0) | 0.075 |
| >50 | 791 (42.4) | 415 (44.8) | 245 (41.3) | 131 (38.0) | ||
| EOQ-5 | At risk | 920 (49.3) | 435 (46.9) | 299 (50.4) | 186 (53.9) | 0.070 |
| Not at risk | 945 (50.7) | 492 (53.1) | 294 (49.6) | 159 (46.1) | ||
| BMI Missing = 10 |
Underweight | 118 (6.4) | 65 (7.0) | 39 (6.6) | 14 (4.1) | 0.203 |
| Normal | 1273 (68.6) | 638 (69.0) | 391 (66.5) | 244 (71.3) | ||
| Overweight | 366 (19.7) | 173 (18.7) | 131 (22.3) | 62 (19.2) | ||
| Obese | 98 (5.3) | 49 (5.3) | 27 (4.6) | 22 (6.4) | ||
| Sport during lockdown |
Yes | 1220 (65.4) | 612 (66.0) | 391 (65.9) | 217 (62.9) | 0.553 |
| No | 645 (34.6) | 315 (34.0) | 202 (34.1) | 128 (37.1) | ||
| Being on a diet during lockdown | Yes | 444 (23.8) | 218 (23.5) | 143 (24.1) | 83 (24.1) | 0.958 |
| No | 1421 (76.2) | 709 (76.5) | 450 (75.9) | 262 (75.9) | ||
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; N, number; Who-5, 5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5) questionnaire; EOQ-5, Emotional Overeating Questionnaire-5 (EOQ-5); BMI, body mass index. In order to enhance readability, p-values < 0.05 are shown bolded.