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Table 2 Dietary and lifestyle score pre- and post-RDIF according to sex and academic yeara

From: Changes in dietary and lifestyle behaviors and mental stress among medical students upon Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting: a prospective cohort study from Taif/Saudi Arabia

 

Pre-RDIF

Mean (SD)

Post-RDIF

Mean (SD)

Change score

P-value

Overall

2.42 (0.98)

2.74 (1.09)

0.32

 < 0.05

Sex

 Female

2.51 (0.92)

2.80 (1.14)

0.29

 < 0.05

 Male

2.33 (1.04)

2.68 (1.05)

0.35

 < 0.05

Academic year

 First

2.59 (1.32)

3.00 (1.11)

0.41

 < 0.05

 Second

2.40 (1.53)

2.72 (1.16)

0.32

NS

 Third

2.44 (1.24)

2.78 (1.07)

0.34

NS

 Fourth

2.27 (1.50)

2.27 (1.03)

0

NS

 Fifth

2.27 (1.35)

2.62 (0.85)

0.35

NS

 Sixth

1.83 (1.03)

1.67 (0.82)

-0.16

NS

  1. aTotal score is 5. Change score was calculated by subtracting the post-RDIF mean score from the pre-RDIF mean score. P-value was computed using Student’s t-test