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Table 2 Consumption of food items by country and by sex

From: Relationships between food consumption and living arrangements among university students in four European countries - A cross-sectional study

 

Country

    

Sex

  
 

Germany

Denmark

Poland

Bulgaria

p-value**

Female

Male

p- value***

 

N=

       

Sweets*

33.0

15.2

28.7

52.8

<0.001

39.0

25.2

<0.001

Cakes†

27.7

18.9

60.6

72.2

<0.001

49.1

38.7

<0.001

Snacks†

28.2

14.7

25.8

60.9

<0.001

32.6

35.2

0.17

Fast food†

33.6

19.6

10.6

77.1

<0.001

32.7

45.3

<0.001

Fruits*

41.4

41.7

35.0

49.6

<0.001

48.9

31.4

<0.001

Salads*

32.5

34.6

27.2

58.7

<0.001

44.0

30.4

<0.001

Vegetables*

25.9

19.3

15.2

31.6

<0.001

24.4

22.3

0.22

Meat*

44.2

52.7

46.3

47.4

0.022

38.5

61.5

0.001

Fish †

26.6

34.9

29.2

38.1

<0.001

28.7

37.3

<0.001

  1. * Percentage reporting high consumption (several times a day/daily).
  2. † Percentage reporting consumption at least several times per week (several times a day/daily/several times per week).
  3. ** chi-square test by country.
  4. *** chi-square test by sex.
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Nutrition Journal

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