Table 2: Subjects response to questions related to their
meals.
|
|
Male |
Female |
P-value |
|||||
|
Questions |
Levels |
Total N = |
% |
N = |
% |
N = |
% |
|
|
Number of meals/day |
2 3 4 5 More than 5 |
31 61 11 7 1 |
27.9 55.0 9.9 6.3 9 |
11 21 3 3 0 |
28.9 55.3 7.9 7.9 0 |
20 40 8 4 1 |
27.4 54.8 11.0 5.5 1.4 |
0.000 |
|
Mid meal snacks |
Yes no |
72 39 |
67.9 35.1 |
24 14 |
63.2 36.8 |
48 25 |
65.8 34.2 |
0.186 |
|
Fatty food (fried) |
Always Sometimes Rarely |
70 26 15 |
63.1 23.4 13.5 |
21 11 6 |
55.3 28.9 15.8 |
49 15 9 |
67.1 20.5 12.3 |
0.015 |
|
Fruits and vegetables |
Always Sometimes rarely |
70 32 9 |
63.1 28.8 8.1 |
25 9 4 |
65.8 23.7 10.5 |
45 23 5 |
61.6 31.5 6.8 |
0.237 |
|
Sweets and chocolate |
Always Sometimes rarely |
59 26 26 |
53.2 23.4 23.4 |
16 12 10 |
42.1 31.6 26.3 |
43 14 16 |
58.9 19.2 21.9 |
0.722 |
|
Skipping breakfast |
Always Sometimes rarely |
40 19 52 |
36.0 17.1 46.8 |
16 6 16 |
42.1 15.8 42.1 |
24 13 36 |
32.9 17.8 49.3 |
0.065 |
|
Food is mainly |
Home made Fast food both |
84 21 6 |
75.7 18.9 5.4 |
27 8 3 |
71.1 21.1 7.9 |
57 13 3 |
78.1 17.8 4.1 |
0.402 |
Results represent percent
of total; P-value ≤ 0.05 considered being significant; P-value ≤ 0.001
considered being highly significant.