Table 4 The baseline characteristics of questionnaire respondents by gender
From: Changes in dietary habits during Covid-19 lockdown in Egypt: the Egyptian COVIDiet study
Gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 1010) | Male (n = 229) | Female (n = 781) | p-Value 1 | |
Place of residence | ||||
Family home | 877 (86.8%) | 201 (87.8%) | 676 (86.6%) | 0.47 |
Alone | 133 (13.2%) | 28 (12.2%) | 105 (13.4%) | |
BMI | ||||
≤ 19 | 23 (2.28%) | 5 (2.2%) | 18 (2.3%) | 0.02* |
19-24.9 | 369 (36.53%) | 81 (35.3%) | 288 (36.9%) | |
25-29.9 | 394 (39.01%) | 97 (42.5%) | 297 (38%) | |
> 30 | 224 (22.18%) | 46 (20%) | 178 (22.8%) | |
Children in Care | ||||
No | 541 (53.6%) | 153 (66.8%) | 388 (49.7%) | < 0.001* |
Yes | 469 (46.4%) | 76 (33.2%) | 393 (50.3%) | |
Educational Level | ||||
University | 629 (62.3%) | 166 (72.5%) | 463 (59.3%) | < 0.001* |
Postgraduate | 315 (31.2%) | 44 (19.2%) | 271 (34.7%) | |
Secondary | 66 (6.5%) | 19 (8.3%) | 47 (6%) | |
Governorate | ||||
Alexandria | 504 (49.9%) | 11 (47.8%) | 180 (48.8%) | 0.09 |
Delta | 342 (33.9%) | 10 (43.5%) | 144 (39.0%) | |
Cairo | 114 (11.3%) | 2 (8.7%) | 32 (8.7%) | |
Others | 50 (4.9%) | 0 (0.00%) | 13 (3.5%) | |
Age (years) | ||||
≤ 20 | 87 (8.6%) | 22 (9.6%) | 65 (8.3%) | 0.01* |
21–35 | 683 (67.6%) | 148 (64.6%) | 535 (68.5%) | |
36–50 | 219 (21.7%) | 48 (21%) | 171 (21.9%) | |
> 50 | 21 (2.1%) | 11 (4.8%) | 10 (1.3%) | |