Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the analysis group
Overall (N = 2,065) | Male (N = 970) | Female (N = 1,095) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Continuous variables: mean (SD) | |||
Sweet propensity, score (range: 0–68.4) | 24.9 (11.2) | 25.5 (11.0) | 24.5 (11.3) |
Fat propensity, score (range: 0–72.6) | 25.0 (9.0) | 25.9 (9.1) | 24.2 (8.8) |
Emotion-driven impulsivenessa, score (range: 12–48) | 24.5 (7.5) | 24.1 (7.5) | 25.0 (7.5) |
Psychosocial well-beinga, score (range: 9–48) | 37.8 (5.7) | 38.6 (5.2) | 37.1 (6.0) |
Age, years (range: 10.1–16.2) | 13.4 (0.8) | 13.4 (0.8) | 13.4 (0.7) |
Media use, hours per week (range: 0–56; missing = 94) | 19.5 (12.2) | 23.1 (12.9) | 16.3 (10.6) |
Categorical variables: % | |||
Highest educational level of parentsb | |||
high | 48.2 | 47.5 | 48.8 |
low / medium | 50.8 | 51.6 | 50.1 |
missing | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
Country | |||
Central Europe | 37.8 | 39.4 | 36.3 |
Northern Europe | 32.0 | 29.8 | 34.0 |
Southern Europe | 30.2 | 30.8 | 29.7 |
BMIc | |||
Thin / normal weight | 74.1 | 72.2 | 75.8 |
Overweight / obesity | 25.7 | 27.8 | 24.2 |
Physical activity (sports club membership) | |||
no | 62.1 | 66.5 | 58.3 |
yes | 37.8 | 33.4 | 41.6 |
missing | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Sleep quality | |||
0 | 22.9 | 26.7 | 19.5 |
1 | 39.9 | 40.8 | 39.0 |
2–3 | 33.1 | 28.5 | 37.2 |
missing | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 |