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. 2021 Feb 27;13(3):792. doi: 10.3390/nu13030792

Table 2.

Sample characteristics (n = 419).

Mean (SD) Minimum Maximum
Age 21.13 (3.33) 18.00 35.00
SES 4.72 (1.22) 1.00 7.00
Vitamin C in µmol/L 54.90 (20.19) 4.29 118.91
Total mood disturbance 9.88 (14.42) −18.00 71.00
Vitality 60.93 (15.09) 15.00 95.00
Perceived stress 5.31 (2.06) 0.00 11.00
n (% of sample)
Gender Female 284 (67.78%)
Male 135 (32.22%)
Gender diverse 0 (0.00%)
Ethnicity European 206 (49.16%)
NZ European 187 (44.63%)
Other European 19 (4.53%)
Asian 129 (30.78%)
East Asian a 68 (16.23%)
Southeast Asian b 34 (8.11%)
Other Asian c 27 (6.44%)
Māori or Pasifika d 38 (9.07%)
Other Ethnicities 46 (10.98%)
Indian 25 (5.97%)
Multiple Ethnicities 12 (2.86%)
Middle Eastern 4 (0.95%)
African 3 (0.72%)
Not Specified 2 (0.48%)

SES = socioeconomic status a Includes Chinese, Hong Kongese, Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese ethnicities. b Includes Malaysian, Thai, and Singaporean ethnicities. c Includes Vietnamese, Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Pakistani, Filipino, Siberian, Sri Lankan, mixed Asian and not specified Asian ethnicities. d Includes Māori, Samoan, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuvaluan, Fijian, mixed Māori and European (n = 21) and mixed Samoan and European (n = 3).