Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics according to breakfast consumption frequency at baseline.
| N = 706 | 0 to 3 times/wk (n = 135) | 4 to 6 times/wk (n = 256) | Daily (n = 315) | P value∗ |
| Age, % | .218 | |||
| ≤18 | 74 (54.8) | 121 (47.3) | 145 (46.0) | |
| ≥19 | 61 (45.2) | 135 (52.7) | 170 (54.0) | |
| Only 1 child, % | 32 (23.7) | 65 (25.4) | 78 (24.8) | .935 |
| Father's educational, % | .711 | |||
| Senior high school or below | 126 (93.3) | 237 (92.6) | 297 (94.3) | |
| College or postgraduate | 9 (6.7) | 19 (7.4) | 18 (5.7) | |
| Mother's educational, % | .072 | |||
| Senior high school or below | 130 (96.3) | 251 (98.0) | 297 (94.3) | |
| College or postgraduate | 5 (3.7) | 5 (2.0) | 18 (5.7) | |
| Parents’ marital status, % | .359 | |||
| Married | 110 (81.5) | 214 (83.6) | 269 (85.4) | |
| Widowed | 3 (16.3) | 10 (12.5) | 14 (10.2) | |
| Divorced | 22 (2.2) | 32 (3.9) | 32 (4.4) | |
| Smoking status (Yes) | 13 (9.6) | 15 (5.9) | 8 (2.5) | .006 |
| Drinking status (Yes) | 73 (54.1) | 132 (51.6) | 148 (47.0) | .318 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 20.2 (16.3, 28.8) | 20.0 (15.6, 34.1) | 20.3 (15.0, 29.7) | .309 |
| Depressive symptoms (SDS ≥ 50) | 26 (19.3) | 31 (12.1) | 18 (5.7) | <.001 |