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Table 1 Socio-demographic and anthropometric characteristics of participants

From: Takeaway food consumption and its associations with diet quality and abdominal obesity: a cross-sectional study of young adults

 

Men (n = 1277)*

Women (n = 1585)*

 

%

n

%

n

Age (mean, SD)

31.7

2.6

31.6

2.6

Married/living as married

66.9

854

72.2

1144

Education

    

   University

37.3

475

45.1

714

   Vocational

35.7

455

26.0

412

   School only

26.9

343

28.9

457

Occupation

    

   Professional/Manager

57.1

719

49.0

763

   White collar

7.6

96

26.5

421

   Blue collar

31.7

399

5.1

79

   Not in workforce

3.6

45

19.5

303

BMI (kg/m2)†

    

   Normal (< 25 kg/m2)

38.4

409

62.0

701

   Overweight (25 – 29.9 kg/m2)

45.4

483

23.8

269

   Obese (≥ 30 kg/m2)

16.2

172

14.2

160

Waist circumference (cm)†

    

   Normal

72.4

771

65.9

744

   Moderate abdominal obesity‡

27.6

294

34.1

385

  1. * Sample sizes vary due to missing data (range 1,259 to 1,277 for men, 1,557 to 1,585 for women).
  2. † Anthropometric measurements in clinic attendees only and exclude pregnant women (men n = 1,065, women n = 1,129)
  3. ‡ Moderate abdominal obesity was defined as ≥ 94 cm for men and ≥ 80 cm for women