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Table 2 Characteristics of study participants (n = 604)

From: Effects of a healthy food supply intervention in a military setting: positive changes in cereal, fat and sugar containing foods

  

All

Control group

Intervention group

n

%

n

%

n

%

Study group

 

604

100

242

40.1

362

59.9

Participation rate

Number of men in units at T0*

2688

100

1430

53.2

1258

46.8

 

Respondents at T0

1502

55.9‡

645

42.9

857

57.1

 

Respondents at T1

1634

60.8‡

926

56.7

708

43.3

 

Respondents at T2

947

35.2‡

589

62.2

358

37.8

 

Respondents at T0 + T1 + T2†

604

22.5‡

242

40.1

362

59.9

Month of military arrival

January

358

59.3

129

53.3

229

63.3

 

July

246

40.7

113

46.7

133

36.7

Garrison

Armoured Brigade

313

51.8

84

34.7

229

63.3

 

Kainuu Brigade

291

48.2

158

65.3

133

36.7

Age

18

1

0.2

1

0.4

  
 

19

131

21.8

65

27.0

66

18.4

 

20

452

75.3

170

70.5

282

78.6

 

21

16

2.7

5

2.1

11

3.1

Marital status

married or co-habiting

52

8.7

20

8.4

32

8.9

 

single

545

91.1

217

91.6

328

90.9

 

Widowed

1

0.2

  

1

0.3

Living status

alone

56

9.3

24

10.0

32

8.9

 

with spouse

42

7.0

16

6.7

26

7.2

 

with parents

485

81.0

198

82.5

287

79.9

 

other

16

2.7

2

0.8

14

3.9

  1. *T0 = beginning of military service.
  2. † 11 men in Control Group and 13 men in Intervention Group being aged 22 or over were excluded to have a homogenous age range.
  3. ‡Percentage calculated from number of men in units at T0.
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

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