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Table 7 Are you trying to cut down on the amount of salt you eat? a b

From: Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to dietary salt among adults in the state of Victoria, Australia 2015

Group

Sex (n = 2268)

Age group (years) (n = 2268)

SES (n = 2255)

Male

Female

P-value

18–24

25–34

35–44

45–54

55–65

P-value

Low

Mid

High

P-value

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Yes

58.2

57.2

0.653

35.6

41.2

37.5

42.4

50.1

<0.001

41.8

40.7

43.9

0.416

No

41.8

42.8

 

64.4

58.8

62.5

57.6

49.9

 

58.2

59.3

56.1

 
  1. aAssociation between categorical variables assessed by Chi-square test. Significant findings (i.e. P < 0.05) are shown in bold
  2. bParticipants who responded ‘don’t know’ n = 130 were removed from this analysis
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BMC Public Health

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