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Table 1 Characteristics of Participants

From: Nutritional knowledge, food habits and health attitude of Chinese university students –a cross sectional study–

 

Total

Male

Female

Variable

n = 512

n = 212

n = 300

Age (y)

20.4 ± 1.9

20.3 ± 1.7

20.4 ± 2.0

weight (kg)

56.9 ± 9.2

63.7 ± 8.8

52.1 ± 5.9

height (cm)

165.8 ± 7.8

172.3 ± 5.5

161.2 ± 5.6

BMI (kg/m 2 )

20.6 ± 2.2

21.4 ± 2.5

20.0 ± 1.8

  1. Gender distribution in the sampled population. BMI is based on self-reported height and weight. BMI = weight [kg] / height [m]2