Table 4.
Relationship between the type of career and type of diet evaluated.
| Variable | Human nutrition (n = 69) | Other careersa (n = 89) | X 2 ∗ | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Dietary regimen | 5.378 | 0.020∗∗ | ||||
| Nonvegetarians | 56 | 81.2% | 83 | 93.3% | ||
| Vegetarians | 13 | 18.8% | 6 | 6.7% | ||
∗ Chi-square test. ∗∗p significant. aIt included administration; architecture; communication sciences; accounting; education; nursing; environmental, civil, food and systems engineering; medicine; psychology and theology.