BMI | ||||||
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<25 kg/m2 | ≥25 kg/m2 | |||||
Top 5 herbal ingredients consumed by “dieters for overweight/obesity” | Consumption group | n | % | n | % | Chi2 |
p-value* | ||||||
a) When using only the subsample 2b (n = 112) | ||||||
Cynara scolymus (artichoke) | Consumers | 9 | 26.5 | 25 | 73.5 | 0.590 |
Non-consumers | 17 | 21.8 | 61 | 78.2 | ||
Foeniculum vulgare ssp. (fennel) | Consumers | 5 | 29.4 | 12 | 70.6 | 0.511 |
Non-consumers | 21 | 22.1 | 74 | 77.9 | ||
Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) | Consumers | 3 | 21.4 | 11 | 78.6 | 0.866 |
Non-consumers | 23 | 23.5 | 75 | 76.5 | ||
Ananas comosus (pineapple) | Consumers | 8 | 61.5 | 5 | 38.5 | 0.000 |
Non-consumers | 18 | 18.2 | 81 | 81.8 | ||
Matricaria chamomilla (chamomile) | Consumers | 1 | 9.1 | 10 | 90.9 | 0.243 |
Non-consumers | 25 | 24.8 | 76 | 75.2 | ||
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 | ||
Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) | Consumers | 39 | 48.8 | 41 | 51.3 | 0.787 |
Non-consumers | 1146 | 50.3 | 1133 | 49.7 | ||
Ananas comosus (pineapple) | Consumers | 21 | 60 | 14 | 40 | 0.244 |
Non-consumers | 1164 | 50.1 | 1160 | 49.9 | ||
Matricaria chamomilla (chamomile) | Consumers | 32 | 47.8 | 35 | 52.2 | 0.681 |
Non-consumers | 1153 | 50.3 | 1139 | 49.7 |