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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Increasing availability of lower energy meals vs. energy labelling in virtual full-service restaurants: two randomized controlled trials in participants of higher and lower socioeconomic position

 

Study 1

(n = 1001)

Study 2

(n = 1090)

Age, years, mean (SD)

35.3 (12.7)

44.9 (18.5)

Gendera, female, n (%)

532 (53.2)

624 (57.2)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 White, non-hispanic

772 (77.1)

916 (84.0)

BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

28.2 (7.75)

28.1 (7.43)

 Missing, implausibleb, n (%)

79 (7.9)

20 (1.8)

Employment status, n (%)

 Full or part-time

606 (60.5)

482 (44.2)

 Student

78 (7.8)

57 (5.2)

 Retired

36 (3.6)

248 (22.7)

 Sick or disabled

30 (3.0)

75 (6.9)

 Looking after home

122 (12.2)

127 (11.7)

 Other unemployed

129 (12.9)

101 (9.3)

Highest educational qualification binary, n (%)

 Low (≤ High-school completion)

351 (35.1)

388 (35.6)

 High (> High-school completion)

650 (64.9)

702 (64.4)

Years of higher education, mean (SD)

5.88 (2.37)

5.9 (2.57)

Household income, $, mean (SD)

56,432 (45831)

53,165 (49129)

Subjective socioeconomic status, mean (SD)c

4.68 (1.75)

4.98 (1.88)

Dieting status, yes, n (%)

138 (13.8)

116 (10.6)

  1. aParticipants were asked about their gender, bBMI implausible values: BMI <10 or BMI > 60 [47], cHigher scores indicate higher perceived socioeconomic status, scale range 1–10