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Table 2 Behavioural factors of study participants by eating speed

From: Association between self-reported eating speed and metabolic syndrome in a Beijing adult population: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Male

Female

Slow

(n = 371)

Medium

(n = 2188)

Fast

(n = 1905)

P valuea

Slow

(n = 523)

Medium

(n = 1964)

Fast

(n = 1021)

P valuea

Physical activity intensity (n, %)

   

0.4913

   

0.0454

 Sedentary

69 (18.65)

353 (16.22)

354 (18.72)

 

122 (23.42)

444 (22.68)

273 (26.82)

 

 Low

144 (38.92)

960 (44.12)

810 (42.83)

 

278 (53.36)

1057 (53.98)

532 (52.26)

 

 Moderate

120 (32.43)

610 (28.03)

489 (25.86)

 

96 (18.43)

367 (18.74)

168 (16.50)

 

 High

37 (10.00)

253 (11.63)

238 (12.59)

 

25 (4.80)

90 (4.60)

45 (4.42)

 

Physical activity frequency (n, %)

   

0.3841

   

0.5884

 Sedentary

51 (13.78)

211 (9.69)

235 (12.39)

 

77 (14.75)

277 (14.14)

153 (15.06)

 

 Less than once per week

129 (34.86)

806 (37.02)

676 (35.64)

 

215 (41.19)

749 (38.23)

393 (38.68)

 

 More than once per week

104 (28.11)

715 (32.84)

605 (31.89)

 

148 (28.35)

637 (32.52)

315 (31.00)

 

 More than once per day

86 (23.24)

445 (20.44)

381 (20.08)

 

82 (15.71)

296 (15.11)

155 (15.26)

 

Sleep duration (n, %)

   

0.0011

   

0.2983

  < 6 h

336 (90.57)

1959 (89.53)

1639 (86.04)

 

479 (91.59)

1795 (91.40)

916 (89.72)

 

 6 ~ 8 h

22 (5.93)

1959 (89.53)

227 (11.92)

 

25 (4.78)

121 (6.16)

79 (7.74)

 

  > 8 h

13 (3.50)

36 (1.65)

39 (2.05)

 

19 (3.63)

48 (2.44)

26 (2.55)

 

Smoking status (n, %)

143 (38.54)

932 (42.60)

779 (40.89)

0.2586

12 (2.29)

32 (1.63)

24 (2.35)

0.3249

Drinking status (n, %)

225 (60.65)

1385 (63.30)

1184 (62.15)

0.5420

41 (7.84)

228 (11.61)

152 (14.89)

0.0002

  1. a: Chi-square test or Kruskal-Wallis rank test