Table 4.
Bivariate analysis of nutrition knowledge, attitude and practices (n = 260).
| Variables | Knowledge |
Attitude |
Practices |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean ± SD | P value | mean ± SD | P value | mean ± SD | P value | |
|
Age group ≤15 >15 |
12.40 ± 2.16 13.13 ± 2.13 |
0.007∗ |
37.81 ± 3.18 38.19 ± 3.45 |
0.361 |
11.11 ± 1.81 10.43 ± 1.77 |
0.003∗ |
|
Gender Male Female |
12.92 ± 2.12 11.81 ± 2.35 |
0.004∗ |
38.11 ± 3.35 37.33 ± 3.08 |
0.193 |
10.82 ± 1.85 10.41 ± 1.61 |
0.206 |
|
Educational Level High school (Secondary) College (Higher Secondary) Degree/University # |
12.71 ± 2.24 12.87 ± 2.08 11.00 ± 0.00 |
0.619 |
37.81 ± 3.36 38.31 ± 3.25 38.00 ± 0.00 |
0.500 |
10.86 ± 1.88 10.61 ± 1.71 11.00 ± 0.00 |
0.541 |
|
Department of Training Archery Athletics Basketball Cricket Football Hockey Karate Table Tennis Taekwondo Volleyball Wushu |
11.9 ± 1.80 12.4 ± 2.67 12.0 ± 1.86 13.5 ± 1.98 13.0 ± 1.80 12.9 ± 1.83 12.6 ± 2.32 12.8 ± 2.14 12.9 ± 1.46 12.2 ± 2.80 14.6 ± 1.70 |
0.0034 |
38.2 ± 3.47 38.5 ± 3.54 37.8 ± 2.68 37.5 ± 3.07 37.8 ± 3.62 38.1 ± 4.46 37.3 ± 3.27 38.0 ± 3.02 37.4 ± 2.00 38.9 ± 1.86 38.3 ± 4.61 |
0.929 |
10.7 ± 1.54 10.7 ± 1.81 11.0 ± 2.17 10.6 ± 1.87 11.1 ± 1.81 11.0 ± 1.17 9.6 ± 1.35 11.2 ± 1.81 10.8 ± 1.91 11.0 ± 2.00 9.79 ± 2.04 |
0.256 |
|
Body Fat (%) (9.055 ± 4.59) Male (8.99 ± 4.54) Better (7.62 ± 2.58) Good (16.78 ± 1.95) Overweight (22.39 ± 1.49) Female (9.53 ± 5.16) Acceptable (23.4 ± --) Better (8.041 ± 2.96) Good (20.5 ± 2.12) |
12.97 ± 2.09 11.84 ± 2.95 12.8 ± 1.93 13 ± --11.83 ± 1.99 11.5 ± 0.707 |
0.4352 0.2419 |
38.21 ± 3.29 36.31 ± 2.16 39.8 ± 3.88 40 ± --36.95 ± 3.55 35.5 ± 3.53 |
0.060 0.568 |
10.91 ± 1.81 10.36 ± 1.42 10 ± 1.49 10 ± --10.42 ± 2.18 8.5 ± 0.71 |
0.059 0.3706 |
|
BMI Underweight Normal Overweight |
12.81 ± 1.95 12.72 ± 2.22 15.33 ± 2.08 |
0.116 |
37.54 ± 3.22 38.12 ± 3.34 38.00 ± 3.60 |
0.534 |
11.50 ± 1.50 10.58 ± 1.85 10.33 ± 1.33 |
0.004∗ |
|
Duration of Training ≤5 years >5 years |
12.63 ± 2.22 13.29 ± 1.91 |
0.004∗ |
38.30 ± 3.14 37.62 ± 3.24 |
0.353 |
10.84 ± 1.85 10.48 ± 1.69 |
0.186 |
|
Nutrition Training Once Twice Thrice or more Never |
13.26 ± 2.08 13.33 ± 1.05 13.67 ± 6.07 12.69 ± 2.19 |
0.481 |
39.26 ± 3.95 38.16 ± 1.72 39.83 ± 2.71 37.87 ± 3.30 |
0.481 |
10.26 ± 1.44 11.33 ± 2.06 10.66 ± 1.63 10.79 ± 1.84 |
0.620 |
∗ = Statistically significant with value ≤0.05 and highlighted bold, #There were only one athlete completed university