Table 5 BMI differences between consumers and non-consumers of the top 5 herbal ingredients consumed for “body weight” reasonsa
BMI | ||||||
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<25 kg/m2 | ≥25 kg/m2 | |||||
Top 5 herbal ingredients consumed for “body weight” | Consumption group | n | % | n | % | Chi2 |
p-value* | ||||||
a) When using only the subsample 1b (n = 240) | ||||||
Cynara scolymus (artichoke) | Consumers | 24 | 33.3 | 48 | 66.7 | 0.168 |
Non-consumers | 72 | 42.9 | 96 | 57.1 | ||
Foeniculum vulgare ssp. (fennel) | Consumers | 15 | 40.5 | 22 | 59.5 | 0.942 |
Non-consumers | 81 | 39.9 | 122 | 60.1 | ||
Camellia sinensis (green tea) | Consumers | 17 | 50 | 17 | 50 | 0.199 |
Non-consumers | 79 | 38.3 | 127 | 61.7 | ||
Vitis vinifera (grapevine) | Consumers | 6 | 26.1 | 17 | 73.9 | 0.152 |
Non-consumers | 90 | 41.5 | 127 | 58.5 | ||
Ananas comosus (pineapple) | Consumers | 10 | 47.6 | 11 | 52.4 | 0.456 |
Non-consumers | 86 | 39.3 | 133 | 60.7 | ||
b) When using the entire sample of consumers (n = 2359) | ||||||
Cynara scolymus (artichoke) | Consumers | 72 | 41.6 | 101 | 58.4 | 0.019 |
Non-consumers | 1113 | 50.9 | 1073 | 49.1 | ||
Foeniculum vulgare ssp. (fennel) | Consumers | 71 | 53.8 | 61 | 46.2 | 0.401 |
Non-consumers | 1114 | 50 | 1113 | 50 | ||
Camellia sinensis (green tea) | Consumers | 32 | 36.7 | 55 | 63.2 | 0.043 |
Non-consumers | 1142 | 50.3 | 1130 | 49.7 | ||
Vitis vinifera (grapevine) | Consumers | 43 | 49.4 | 44 | 50.6 | 0.878 |
Non-consumers | 1142 | 50.3 | 1130 | 49.7 | ||
Ananas comosus (pineapple) | Consumers | 21 | 60 | 14 | 40 | 0.244 |
Non-consumers | 1164 | 50.1 | 1160 | 49.9 | ||