Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the study groups1.
From: Characterization of street food consumption in palermo: possible effects on health
| Â | Groups | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Street Food | Restaurant | P2 |
males/females (n) | 321/366 | 141/174 | 0.61 |
age (years) | 37.6 ± 13.8 | 37.9 ± 14.1 | 0.75 |
body weight (kg) | 69.9 ± 14.8 | 68.5 ± 15.8 | 0.17 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.3 ± 4.1 | 23.7 ± 4.4 | < 0.05 |
marital status (%): | Â | Â | < 0.005 |
   single | 44.4 | 47.3 |  |
   married | 51.1 | 47.4 |  |
   divorced | 2.9 | 3.8 |  |
   widow/er | 1.6 | 1.5 |  |
offspring (n) | 1.1 ± 1.3 | 0.8 ± 1.0 | < 0.001 |
employment status (%): | n = 905 | < 0.001 | |
   student | 21.6 | 25.0 |  |
   unemployed | 3.4 | 1.7 |  |
   housewife | 13.4 | 6.0 |  |
   employed | 42.7 | 37.5 |  |
   manager/professional | 14.9 | 26.7 |  |
   retired | 4.0 | 3.1 |  |
smokers (%) | 35.0 | 33.3 | 0.67 |
previous diet therapy (%): | Â | Â | 0.053 |
   self-prescribed | 31.9 | 27.9 |  |
   prescribed | 20.2 | 27.0 |  |
previous or current use of weight-reduction medications (%) | 6.1 | 4.4 | 0.36 |