Table 1.
Socio-demographic features among young adults.
| Polish Young Adults (N = 243) |
Italian Young Adults (N = 311) |
Total Sample (N = 554) |
F (a) or Chi-Squared (b) |
p | Partial η2 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) or N (%) | ||||||
| Age | 22.23 (2.30) | 21.95 (2.10) | 22.07 (2.19) | 2.21 (a) | 0.14 | 0.004 |
| Body Mass Index | 22.65 (4.36) | 21.44 (3.07) | 21.97 (3.73). | 14.47 (a) | <0.001 | 0.03 |
| Gender (% female) |
203 (83.5%) | 248 (79.7%) | 451 (81.4) | 1.30 (b) | 0.27 | 0.05 |
| Marital status (% single) |
228 (93.8%) | 280 (90%) | 508 (91.7) | 2.58 (b) | 0.12 | 0.07 |
| Chronic disease | 43 (17.7%) | 24 (7.7%) | 67 (12.1) | 12.78 (b) | 0.001 | 0.15 |
| Anxiety disorder | 4 (1.6%) | 13 (4.2%) | 17 (3.1) | 2.95 (b) | 0.13 | 0.073 |
| Avoidance of food | 89 (36.6%) | 91 (29.3%) | 180 (32.5) | 3.37 (b) | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| Using laxatives | 9 (3.7%) | 5 (1.6%) | 14 (2.5) | 2.43 (b) | 0.17 | 0.07 |
| Vomiting | 7 (2.9%) | 7 (2.3%) | 14 (2.5) | 0.22 (b) | 0.79 | 0.02 |
| Omnivore diet | 163 (67.4%) | 290 (93.2%) | 453 (81.8%) | 75.29 (b) | <0.001 | 0.37 |
| Vegetarian diet | 16 (6.6%) | 15 (4.8%) | 31 (5.6%) | |||
Note: M = Mean; SD = Standard Deviation, (a) = Fisher’s F; (b) = Chi-Squared.