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Table 5 The baseline characteristics of questionnaire respondents by geographical location

From: Changes in dietary habits during Covid-19 lockdown in Egypt: the Egyptian COVIDiet study

 

Governorates

 

Total (n = 1010)

Alex (n = 504)

Delta (n = 342)

Cairo (n = 114)

Others (n = 50)

p-Value 1

Place of residence

      

Family home

877 (86.8%)

443 (87.9%)

301 (88.0%)

95 (83.3%)

38 (76.0%)

0.06

Alone

133 (13.2%)

61 (12.1%)

41 (12.0%)

19 (16.7%)

12 (24.0%)

 

Gender

      

Male

229 (22.7%)

123 (24.4%)

62 (18.1%)

31 (27.2%)

13 (26.0%)

0.09

Female

781 (77.3%)

381 (75.6%)

280 (81.9%)

83 (72.8%)

37 (74.0%)

Children in Care

      

No

541 (53.6%)

296 (58.7%)

198 (57.9%)

40 (35.1%)

7 (14.0%)

< 0.001*

Yes

469 (46.4%)

208 (41.3%)

144 (42.1%)

74 (64.9%)

43 (86.0%)

Educational Level

      

University

629 (62.3%)

329 (65.3%)

208 (60.8%)

64 (56.1%)

28 (56.0%)

0.045*

Postgraduate

315 (31.2%)

148 (29.4%)

102 (29.8%)

45 (39.5%)

20 (56.0%)

Secondary

66 (6.5%)

27 (5.3%)

32 (9.4%)

5 (4.4%)

2 (4.0%)

BMI (kg/m 2 )

      

< 19

23 (2.3%)

11 (2.2%)

10 (2.9%)

2 (1.7%)

0 (00.0%)

0.029*

19-24.9

369 (36.5%)

180 (35.7%)

144 (42.1%)

32 (28.1%)

13 (26.0%)

25-29.9

394 (39.0%)

207 (41.1%)

121 (35.4%)

47 (41.2%)

19 (38.0%)

> 30

224 (22.2%)

106 (21.0%)

67 (19.6%)

33 (29.0%)

18 (36.0%)

Age (years)

      

≤ 20

87 (8.6%)

47 (9.3%)

40 (11.7%)

0 (00.0%)

0 (00.0%)

< 0.001*

21–35

683 (67.6%)

362 (71.8%)

228 (66.7%)

65 (57.0%)

28 (56.0%)

36–50

219 (21.7%)

84 (16.7%)

72 (21.0%)

45 (39.5%)

18 (36.0%)

> 50

21 (2.1%)

11 (2.2%)

2 (0.6%)

4 (3.5%)

4 (8.0%)

  1. Chi square test (for categorical data) and Student’s t-test (continuous normal data) were used to analyze differences in means or proportions of the tested variables. 1 Significant difference (*) was considered at p < 0.05