Table 1.
Characteristics of students according to type of career.
| Variable | Human nutrition (n = 69) | Other careersa (n = 89) | Total (n = 158) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 22.2 ± 3.1 years | 22.3 ± 4.1 years | 22.3 ± 3.7 years | |||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 19 | 27.5 | 46 | 51.7 | 65 | 41.1 58.9 |
| Female | 50 | 72.5 | 43 | 48.3 | 93 | |
| Place of origin | ||||||
| Coast | 39 | 56.5 | 41 | 46.1 | 80 | 50.6 |
| Sierra | 20 | 29.0 | 30 | 33.7 | 50 | 31.6 |
| Jungle | 7 | 10.1 | 12 | 13.5 | 19 | 12.0 |
| Foreign | 3 | 4.3 | 6 | 6.7 | 9 | 5.7 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Adventist | 62 | 89.9 | 86 | 96.6 | 148 | 93.7 |
| Othersb | 7 | 10.1 | 3 | 3.4 | 10 | 6.3 |
| Faculty | ||||||
| FBS | 69 | 100 | 8 | 9.0 | 8 | 5.1 |
| FHSE | 8 | 9.0 | 8 | 5.1 | ||
| FHS | 39 | 43.8 | 108 | 68.4 | ||
| FEA | 20 | 22.5 | 20 | 12.7 | ||
| FT | 14 | 15.7 | 14 | 8.9 | ||
| Year of study | ||||||
| 1st | 6 | 8.7 | 7 | 7.9 | 13 | 8.2 |
| 2nd | 10 | 14.5 | 16 | 18.0 | 26 | 16.5 |
| 3rd | 18 | 26.1 | 29 | 32.6 | 47 | 29.7 |
| 4th | 26 | 37.7 | 23 | 25.8 | 49 | 31.0 |
| 5th | 9 | 13.0 | 12 | 13.5 | 21 | 13.3 |
| 6th | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 7th | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Presence of disease | ||||||
| Yes | 7 | 10.1 | 12 | 13.5 | 19 | 12.0 |
| No | 62 | 89.9 | 77 | 86.5 | 139 | 88.0 |
| Use of medications | ||||||
| Yes | 5 | 7.2 | 5 | 5.6 | 10 | 6.3 |
| No | 64 | 92.8 | 84 | 94.4 | 148 | 93.7 |
| Use of supplements | ||||||
| Yes | 5 | 7.2 | 3 | 3.4 | 8 | 5.1 |
| No | 64 | 92.8 | 86 | 96.6 | 150 | 94.9 |
aIt included administration; architecture; communication sciences; accounting; education; nursing; environmental, civil, food and systems engineering; medicine; psychology and theology. bIt included Catholic, Evangelical, Mormon, and no religion. FBS, Faculty of Business Sciences; FHSE, Faculty of Human Sciences and Education; FHS, Faculty of Health Sciences; FEA, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture; FT, Faculty of Theology.