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Table 1 Characteristics of the men and women participating in NQplus

From: Self-reported eating rate is associated with weight status in a Dutch population: a validation study and a cross-sectional study

 

Men

Women

P

 

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

 

Age (yrs.)

741

57.5

10.6

732

51.8

12.0

<0.001a

Height (cm)

741

180.4

6.8

732

168.6

6.3

<0.001a

Weight (kg)

741

86.0

12.8

732

71.8

13.2

<0.001a

BMI (kg/m2)

741

26.4

3.5

732

25.3

4.4

<0.001a

Waist circumference (cm)

737

96.9

10.7

731

85.8

11.6

<0.001a

Body fat percentage (%)

683

24.7

6.6

613

34.9

7.7

<0.001a

Energy intake (MJ/day)

691

9.5

2.6

654

7.8

2.1

<0.001a

Energy intake (MJ/day)c

288

11.7

2.1

296

9.4

1.6

<0.001a

Emotional eating score

741

1.94

0.65

732

2.28

0.74

<0.001a

Restrained eating score

741

2.87

0.73

732

3.13

0.68

<0.001a

External eating score

741

2.70

0.43

732

2.71

0.45

0.48a

Moderate-to-vigorous activity (hours/week)

696

33.9

18.5

666

35.3

16.9

0.13a

Sedentary activity (hours/week)

696

36.6

21.0

666

36.4

34.0

0.90a

  

n

%

 

n

%

 

Prevalence of overweightd

 

460

62.1

 

322

44.0

<0.001b

Prevalence of obesitye

 

118

15.9

 

91

12.4

0.06b

Self-reported eating rate

 Very slow

 

5

0.7

 

13

1.8

<0.001b

 Slow

 

54

7.3

 

104

14.2

 Average

 

315

42.5

 

408

55.7

 Fast

 

316

42.6

 

183

25.0

 Very fast

 

51

6.9

 

24

3.3

Education level f

 Low

 

111

15.0

 

122

16.7

0.58b

 Medium

 

217

29.3

 

219

29.9

 High

 

413

55.7

 

391

53.4

Smoking status

 Non-smoker

 

664

89.6

 

676

92.3

0.07b

 Smoker

 

77

10.4

 

56

7.7

  1. aIndependent samples T-test
  2. bChi-square test
  3. cSuspected under reporters (i.e., reported energy intake/calculated basal metabolic rate < 1.35) excluded
  4. dBMI ≥25 kg/m2
  5. eBMI ≥30 kg/m2
  6. fEducation level: low (i.e., no education, primary education, lower or preparatory vocational education, or lower general secondary education), medium (i.e., intermediate vocational education or apprenticeship, or higher general secondary education or pre-university secondary education) and high (i.e., higher vocational education or university)