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. 2021 Dec 21;14(1):13. doi: 10.3390/nu14010013

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of the study population by multi-trajectories.

Trajectories in Urban Areas Trajectories in Rural Areas
IMP&H&LC ABM MP&VHF&VLC MP&ILF&DHC p BM MP&ILF&DHC DMP&DHF&IMC IMP&IHF&DLC p
(n = 1001, 38.7%) (n = 857, 33.1%) (n = 509, 19.7%) (n = 219, 8.5%) (n = 1870, 35.1%) (n = 1135, 21.3%) (n = 1071, 20.1%) (n = 1252, 23.5%)
Age 1 (years) 40.7 ± 15.3 45.5± 14.3 38.2 ± 14.6 51.9 ± 14.5 <0.001 40.4 ± 11.9 47.0 ± 14.5 39.4 ± 15.0 35.7 ± 12.4 <0.001
Men (%) 45.1 48.2 43.1 47.3 0.283 50.6 48.7 42.8 51.8 <0.001
North (%) 31.7 39.0 19.4 43.8 <0.001 36.5 47.8 24.8 29.7 <0.001
Education (%) <0.001 <0.001
Primary and below 21.0 51.0 26.2 76.3 62.2 79.6 42.4 42.0
Junior high 34.0 25.7 27.4 15.8 28.6 16.6 34.3 37.8
Senior high and above 45.0 23.3 46.4 7.9 9.2 3.8 23.3 20.2
Annual per capita family income (%) <0.001 <0.001
Low (<10,000 RMB) 53.2 72.1 53.8 85.7 80.6 87.1 64.0 70.9
Middle (10,000–20,000 RMB) 22.0 14.3 22.1 9.8 10.4 6.9 19.2 15.4
High (>20,000 RMB) 24.8 13.6 24.1 4.4 9.0 6.0 16.8 13.7
Smoker 2 (%) 29.5 35.8 31.1 35.5 0.020 38.3 37.6 31.2 35.0 <0.001
Alcohol drinker 3 (%) 35.6 39.9 35.1 47.7 0.004 36.3 35.6 32.4 33.9 0.136
Protein1 (%) 13.9 ± 3.1 12.1 ± 2.3 12.4 ± 3.0 11.8 ± 1.9 <0.001 11.7 ± 2.4 11.6 ± 1.8 12.7 ± 3.2 12.0 ± 2.7 <0.001
Fat 1 (%) 32.7 ± 9.3 27.1 ± 9.7 42.2 ± 10.2 17.3± 10.0 <0.001 23.0 ± 10.2 14.1 ± 7.4 34.1 ± 12.1 26.6 ± 11.8 <0.001
Carbohydrate 1 (%) 52.3 ± 9.9 59.9 ± 10.0 43.9 ± 10.1 69.7 ± 9.9 <0.001 64.4 ± 11.0 73.9 ± 7.8 52.1 ± 12.5 60.1 ± 13.0 <0.001
Energy intake 1 (kcal/d) 2232.2 ± 710.7 2293.0 ± 668.9 2408.8 ± 772.8 2,331.1 ± 708.6 <0.001 2422.5 ± 722.1 2493.0 ± 745.4 2282.8 ± 753.4 2345.4 ± 674.3 <0.001
PA 4 (METs/week) 146.8 (92.5,241.8) 251.1 (109.3, 519.9) 152.3 (88.7, 269.9) 439.8 (168.0, 667.5) <0.001 475.5 (270.0, 656.0) 530.6 (348.0, 690.6) 270.2 (118.0, 480.3) 340.5 (159.6, 545.6) <0.001
ST 4 (hours/week) 21.0 (14.0, 30.5) 16.0 (8.9, 24.5) 23.0 (14.0, 33.0) 9.0 (0.0, 18.5) <0.001 14.0 (7.0, 21.0) 9.0 (3.5, 15.0) 14.0 (7.0, 23.0) 14.0 (7.0, 21.0) <0.001
BMI 1 (kg/m2) 20.7 ± 1.8 20.9 ± 1.8 20.7 ± 1.8 20.8 ±1.6 0.139 20.7 ± 1.7 20.6 ± 1.7 20.5 ± 1.8 20.6 ± 1.7 0.060
WC 1 (cm) 74.9 ± 8.1 75.4 ± 7.5 74.4 ± 7.8 74.6 ±7.5 0.131 73.6 ± 6.6 74.1 ± 7.1 73.8 ± 7.1 73.4 ± 7.0 0.089

Abbreviations: Physical activity (PA), sedentary time (ST), body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC). 1 The value of this variable in the table is mean ± standard deviation. 2 Smoking status data were missing for 6 and 27 participants in urban and rural populations, respectively. 3 Alcohol drinking data were missing for 26 and 51 participants in urban and rural populations, respectively. 4 The value of this variable in the table is median (interquartile range: Q1, Q3).