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. 2023 Jan 8;13:387. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-23931-1

Table 2.

The frequency of major food intake according to feeding time window duration (time feeding restricted to 10 h vs. no restriction).

Variables TRF* (n = 409) No restriction (n = 944) φ P
Main food (%) 0.11 < 0.001
≥ 3 times/day 382 (93.4) 920 (97.5)
≤ 2 times/day 27 (6.6) 24 (2.5)
Vegetable and fruit (%) 0.01 0.778
≥ 2 times/day 384 (93.9) 890 (94.3)
< 2 times/day 25 (6.1) 54 (5.7)
Coarse cereals (corn) (%) 0.05 0.286
≥ 1 time/day 96 (23.5) 225 (23.8)
4–6 times/week 11 (2.7) 14 (1.5)
1–3 times/week 78 (19.1) 157 (16.6)
< 1 time/week 224 (54.8) 548 (58.1)
Eggs (%) 0.04 0.472
≥ 1 time/day 231 (56.5) 512 (54.2)
4-6times/week 51 (12.5) 101 (10.7)
1-3times/week 87 (21.3) 232 (24.6)
< 1time/week 40 (9.8) 99 (10.5)
Legumes (%) 0.06 0.195
≥ 1 time/day 9 (2.2) 24 (2.5)
4–6 times/week 7 (1.7) 37 (3.9)
1–3 times/week 198 (48.4) 453 (48.0)
< 1 time/week 195 (47.7) 430 (45.6)
Nuts (%) 0.04 0.490
 ≥ 1 time/day 41 (10.0) 76 (8.1)
4–6 times/week 31 (7.6) 69 (7.3)
1–3 times/week 72 (17.6) 192 (20.3)
< 1time/week 265 (64.8) 607 (64.3)
Fish (%) 0.07 0.074
≥ 1 time/day 17 (4.2) 42 (4.4)
4–6 times/week 60 (14.7) 157 (16.6)
1–3 times/week 129 (31.5) 349 (37.0)
< 1 time/week 203 (49.6) 396 (41.9)
Poultry (%) 0.03 0.765
≥ 1 time/day 3 (0.7) 7 (0.7)
4–6 times/week 3 (0.7) 4 (0.4)
1–3 times/week 89 (21.8) 225 (23.8)
< 1 time/week 314 (76.8) 708 (75.0)
Red meat (%) 0.03 0.721
≥ 1 time/day 27(6.6) 74(7.8)
4–6 times/week 17(4.2) 32(3.4)
1–3 times/week 163(39.9) 388(41.1)
< 1 time/week 202(49.4) 450(47.7)
Processed meat (%) 0.05 0.234
≥ 1 time/day 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
4–6 times/week 1 (0.2) 0 (0.0)
1–3 times/week 19 (4.6) 36 (3.8)
< 1 time/week 389 (95.1) 908 (96.2)
Dairy products (%) 0.04 0.513
≥ 1 time/day 90 (22.0) 176 (18.6)
4–6 times/week 13 (3.2) 27 (2.9)
1–3 times/week 31 (7.6) 79 (8.4)
< 1 time/week 275 (67.2) 662 (70.1)
Alcohol (%) 0.04 0.184
≥ 1 cup/week 77 (18.8) 208 (22.0)
< 1 cup/week 332 (81.2) 736 (78.0)
Tea (%) 0.01 0.910
≥ 1cup/week 67 (16.4) 157 (16.6)
< 1cup/week 342 (83.6) 787 (83.4)

TRF Time restricted feeding.

*TRF is the control group. φ indicates effects sizes in Chi-squared test.