Characteristics | All categories | Total (n = 2359) | Did not respond body weight (n = 2119, 89.8 %) | Responded body weightc (n = 240, 10.2 %) | ||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | χ 2 p-value* | ||
Gender | Males | 1141 | 48.4 | 1055 | 49.8 | 86 | 35.8 | 0.000 |
Females | 1218 | 51.6 | 1064 | 50.2 | 154 | 64.2 | ||
Age (years) | 18-59 | 1764 | 74.8 | 1578 | 74.5 | 186 | 77.5 | 0.306 |
≥60 | 595 | 25.2 | 541 | 25.5 | 54 | 22.5 | ||
Country | Finland | 401 | 17.0 | 364 | 17.2 | 37 | 15.4 | 0.000 |
Germany | 398 | 16.9 | 362 | 17.1 | 36 | 15.0 | ||
Italy | 378 | 16.0 | 345 | 16.3 | 33 | 13.8 | ||
Romania | 400 | 17.0 | 375 | 17.7 | 25 | 10.4 | ||
Spain | 402 | 17.0 | 305 | 14.4 | 97 | 40.4 | ||
United Kingdom | 380 | 16.1 | 368 | 17.4 | 12 | 5.0 | ||
BMI (kg/m2) | <25 | 1185 | 50.2 | 1089 | 51.4 | 96 | 40.0 | 0.001 |
≥25 | 1174 | 49.8 | 1030 | 48.6 | 144 | 60.0 | ||
Education | Low | 249 | 10.6 | 223 | 10.5 | 26 | 10.8 | 0.109 |
Medium | 1549 | 65.7 | 1379 | 65.1 | 170 | 70.8 | ||
High | 561 | 23.8 | 517 | 24.4 | 44 | 18.3 | ||
Employment | Currently employed | 1357 | 57.5 | 1210 | 57.1 | 147 | 61.3 | 0.218 |
Other groups | 1002 | 42.5 | 909 | 42.9 | 93 | 38.7 | ||
Dieting | Not dieting for ove/obeb | 2247 | 95.2 | 2074 | 97.9 | 173 | 72.1 | 0.000 |
Dieting for ove/obeb | 112 | 4.8 | 45 | 2.1 | 67 | 27.9 | ||
Physical activity | Low | 1214 | 51.5 | 1067 | 50.4 | 147 | 61.3 | 0.006 |
Moderate | 1033 | 43.8 | 950 | 44.8 | 83 | 34.6 | ||
High | 112 | 4.7 | 102 | 4.8 | 10 | 4.2 | ||
Smoking habit | Never smoker | 1100 | 46.6 | 1005 | 47.4 | 95 | 39.6 | 0.032 |
Former smoker | 544 | 23.1 | 488 | 23.0 | 56 | 23.3 | ||
Current smoker | 715 | 30.3 | 626 | 29.5 | 89 | 37.1 | ||
Alcohol consumption | 0- < 1 time/day | 1398 | 82.5 | 1251 | 82.0 | 147 | 87.5 | 0.074 |
≥1 time/day | 296 | 17.5 | 275 | 18.0 | 21 | 12.5 | ||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t-test p-value* | ||
Food frequency (times/day) | Fruit | 1.34 | 1.04 | 1.35 | 1.06 | 1.25 | 0.94 | ns |
Vegetable | 0.95 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 1.01 | 0.93 | ns | |
Bakery and pastries | 0.49 | 0.96 | 0.51 | 0.99 | 0.3 | 0.62 | 0.002 | |
Soft drinks | 1.07 | 1.79 | 1.11 | 1.83 | 0.79 | 1.33 | 0.011 | |
Fast food | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.14 | ns |