Table 1.
Demographic and anthropometric characteristics by (self-perceived) vegetarian status: a comparison.
| Non-Vegetarians n = 14,328 |
Vegetarians n = 352 |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Female | n = 7044 (49.16%) | n = 237 (67.34) | <0.001 |
| Male | n = 7284 (50.84%) | n = 115 (32.66%) | <0.001 |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Mexican American | n = 1461 (10.20%) | n = 26 (7.40%) | 0.049 |
| Other Hispanic | n = 759 (5.3%) | n = 20 (5.82%) | 0.594 |
| Non-Hispanic White | n = 9537 (66.56%) | n = 198 (56.17%) | 0.071 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | n = 1759 (12.28%) | n = 27 (7.59%) | 0.004 |
| Other Race-Including Multi-Racial | n = 812 (5.67%) | n = 81 (23.02%) | 0.004 |
| Age (years) | 36.73 (0.39) | 36.27 (1.55) | 0.767 |
| Weight (kg) | 71.34 (0.39) | 63.49 (1.39) | <0.001 |
| Height (cm) | 161.70 (0.33) | 158.79 (1.21) | 0.021 |
| BMI (kg/m²) | 26.12 (0.08) | 24.19 (0.39) | <0.001 |
Values for continuous variables are expressed as estimated mean and standard error in parenthesis. A p-value < 0.05 indicates significant differences in the proportions.