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Table 3 Demographic profile of students and their association with breakfast consumption (n=1814)

From: Association of breakfast intake with obesity, dietary and physical activity behavior among urban school-aged adolescents in Delhi, India: results of a cross-sectional study

Demographic profile

N (%)

Breakfast %

Chi-sqaure value

p-value

  

Never (n=129)

Intermediate (n=417)

Daily (n=1268)

  

Gender

      

Boys

1094 (60.3)

7.3

22.2

70.5

1.01

0.604

Girls

720 (39.7)

6.8

24.2

69.0

  

Age

      

<=13

418 (23.1)

6.7

19.6

73.7

12.09

0.027

14

418 (23.1)

4.6

23.9

71.5

  

15

443 (24.4)

7.2

22.4

70.4

  

16 and above

534 (29.5)

9.4

25.5

65.2

  

School

      

Private

944 (52.0)

7.8

25.9

66.3

14.26

0.002

Government

870 (48.0)

6.3

19.4

73.8

  

Grade

      

8th

995 (54.9)

5.8

21.9

72.3

7.97

0.019

10th

819 (45.2)

8.7

24.3

67.0

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