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Table 2 Daily mean intake of dietary fats by students’ characteristics

From: Level of nutrition knowledge and its association with fat consumption among college students

  

Total fat (g)

Saturated fat (g)

Cholesterol (g)

Variables

Gender

 

Males

85.9 ± 24.8

28.9 ± 9.1

298.2 ± 79.3

 

Females

92.0 ± 18.8

23.5 ± 6.9

224.5 ± 61.7

 

P-value*

0.0427

<.0001

<.0001

Body mass index

 

BMI <18.5

81 ± 19.7

22 ± 8.3

222.3 ± 69

 

BMI 18.5- 24.9

91.6 ± 20.8

25 ± 7.9

242.1 ± 74.6

 

BMI > 25 (overweight)

85.3 ± 19.3

24.6 ± 7.7

248.1 ± 73.9

 

BMI > 30 (obese)

95.8 ± 25

29.2 ± 8.7

285.2 ± 79.2

 

P-value**

0.1120

0.1431

0.1414

Year in school

 

1st-year undergraduate

90.9 ± 24.2

25.3 ± 9.5

250.4 ± 89.5

 

2nd -year undergraduate

93.7 ± 21.2

25.9 ± 7.8

250.1 ± 70.6

 

3rd -year undergraduate

87.2 ± 18.2

23.9 ± 7.5

236.7 ± 75

 

4th -year undergraduate

91.8 ± 20.1

25.7 ± 7.9

249.6 ± 73

 

5th -year undergraduate

87.1 ± 23.1

24.6 ± 8

242.8 ± 74.1

 

P-value**

0.4175

0.6716

0.8536

Major of study

 

Science

85.6 ± 19.7

22.8 ± 6.9

224.1 ± 62.7

 

Non-Science

95.1 ± 21.4

27.5 ± 8.4

268 ± 80.5

 

P-value*

0.0006

<.0001

<.0001

Ethnicity

White

91 ± 20.2

25.2 ± 7.8

242.6 ± 73.6

 

Black

83.4 ± 26.4

23.7 ± 9.4

269.8 ± 85.5

 

P-value*

0.0996

0.3916

0.0996

Residential status

 

On-Campus

90.7 ± 19.7

25.3 ± 7.6

248.5 ± 72.7

 

Off-Campus

89.1 ± 23.4

24.5 ± 8.7

240.3 ± 80

 

P-value*

0.5804

0.4669

0.4381

Dieting

No

91.6 ± 21

25.6 ± 8

250.2 ± 75.4

 

Yes

83.8 ± 19.5

22.9 ± 7.4

226.7 ± 70.8

 

P-value*

0.0277

0.0478

0.0666

Smoking status

 

Non-smoker

90.2 ± 20.5

24.9 ± 7.9

243.2 ± 74.4

 

Current smoker

96.6 ± 18.7

29.3 ± 7

285.6 ± 66.8

 

Former smoker

83.2 ± 29.3

24.4 ± 10.2

249.3 ± 88.8

 

P-value**

0.2940

0.1427

0.1409

  1. * T-test for independent samples
  2. **1-way ANOVA F-statistic