Table 3 Sociodemographic and weight-related characteristics across the tertiles of scores of nutritional health attitudes and behaviors patterns
Pattern 1 | Pattern 2 | Pattern 3 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
“Weight loss practices with weight dissatisfaction” | “Healthy eating behaviors” | “Better knowledge of nutrition and health” | ||||||||||
Tertile1 (n = 102) | Tertile2 (n = 103) | Tertile3 (n = 102) | p-value* | Tertile1 (n = 102) | Tertile2 (n = 103) | Tertile3 (n = 102) | p-value* | Tertile1 (n = 102) | Tertile2 (n = 103) | Tertile3 (n = 102) | p-value* | |
Gender (%) | ||||||||||||
Male | 13.7 | 2.9 | 6.9 | 0.068 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 0.795 | 9.8 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 0.435 |
Female | 86.3 | 97.1 | 93.1 | 92.2 | 93.2 | 91.2 | 90.2 | 93.2 | 93.1 | |||
Age (%) | ||||||||||||
<30y | 49.0 | 29.1 | 25.5 | 0.003 | 39.2 | 34.0 | 30.4 | 0.061 | 43.1 | 25.2 | 35.3 | 0.260 |
30–49y | 32.4 | 48.5 | 48.0 | 40.2 | 50.5 | 38.2 | 37.3 | 50.5 | 41.2 | |||
≥50y | 18.6 | 22.3 | 26.5 | 20.6 | 15.5 | 31.4 | 19.6 | 24.3 | 23.5 | |||
Race/Ethnicity (%) | ||||||||||||
White/Caucasian | 44.1 | 40.8 | 48.0 | 0.406 | 41.2 | 42.7 | 49.0 | 0.239 | 33.3 | 46.6 | 52.9 | 0.010 |
Black/African American | 1.0 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | |||
Hispanic/Latino | 51.0 | 55.3 | 51.0 | 55.9 | 52.4 | 49.0 | 64.7 | 48.5 | 44.1 | |||
Other | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.9 | |||
Marital status (%) | ||||||||||||
Single | 39.2 | 33.0 | 20.6 | 0.066 | 35.3 | 28.2 | 29.4 | 0.230 | 39.2 | 23.3 | 30.4 | 0.290 |
Married | 43.1 | 54.4 | 55.9 | 46.1 | 54.4 | 52.9 | 44.1 | 55.3 | 53.9 | |||
Cohabitating | 9.8 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 5.9 | |||
Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 7.8 | 8.7 | 16.7 | 12.8 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 14.6 | 9.8 | |||
Education level (%) | ||||||||||||
≤ High school | 52.9 | 58.3 | 52.0 | 0.888 | 57.8 | 55.3 | 50.0 | 0.262 | 67.7 | 52.4 | 43.1 | 0.001 |
≥ Associate’s degree/certificate or college | 47.1 | 41.8 | 48.0 | 42.2 | 44.7 | 50.0 | 32.4 | 47.6 | 56.9 | |||
Weight status (%) | ||||||||||||
Normal weight | 52.9 | 17.5 | 8.8 | <0.001 | 18.6 | 24.3 | 36.3 | <0.001 | 21.6 | 23.3 | 34.3 | 0.279 |
Overweight | 27.5 | 26.2 | 18.6 | 19.6 | 23.3 | 29.4 | 29.4 | 26.2 | 16.7 | |||
Obese | 19.6 | 56.3 | 72.6 | 61.8 | 52.4 | 34.3 | 49.0 | 50.5 | 49.0 | |||
Perception of weight (%) | ||||||||||||
Underweight | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | <0.001 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.002 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.309 |
Normal weight | 69.6 | 15.5 | 7.8 | 18.6 | 33.0 | 41.2 | 33.3 | 24.3 | 35.3 | |||
Overweight | 29.4 | 77.7 | 68.6 | 64.7 | 58.3 | 52.9 | 60.8 | 61.2 | 53.9 | |||
Obese | 1.0 | 4.9 | 23.5 | 14.7 | 8.7 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 14.6 | 10.8 | |||
Accordance between weight status and perception of weight (%) | ||||||||||||
Accordance | 63.7 | 29.1 | 43.1 | 0.003 | 41.2 | 39.8 | 54.9 | 0.049 | 40.2 | 48.5 | 47.1 | 0.326 |
Discordance | 36.3 | 70.9 | 56.9 | 58.8 | 60.2 | 45.1 | 59.8 | 51.5 | 52.9 | |||