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Table 1 Demographic data for Canadian adults aged ≥ 18 years by breakfast statusd

From: Association of breakfast consumption with body mass index and prevalence of overweight/obesity in a nationally-representative survey of Canadian adults

Measures

All (n = 12,337)

No breakfast (n = 1445)

RTEC breakfast (n = 2799)

Other breakfast (n = 8093)

Age (y)

46.1 ± 0.3

37.6 ± 0.7a

48.4 ± 0.6b

46.7 ± 0.3b

Male (%)

47.4 ± 0.9

53.6 ± 2.5a

47.4 ± 1.9a,b

46.4 ± 1.1b

Married/common law (%)

63.7 ± 0.8

52.7 ± 2.4a

61.2 ± 2.0b

66.1 ± 0.9b

Post-secondary graduate (%)

52.1 ± 0.9

47.5 ± 2.6

51.9 ± 2.0

52.9 ± 1.1

Physically inactive (%)

56.5 ± 0.9

59.2 ± 2.5

52.2 ± 1.9

57.4 ± 1.1

Dietary supplement use (%)

42.5 ± 0.9

33.4 ± 2.3a

48.4 ± 2.0b

42.1 ± 1.1c

Food secure (%)

93.1 ± 0.4

89.2 ± 1.4a

95.5 ± 0.7b

92.9 ± 0.6c

Smoker (%)

21.2 ± 0.7

35.1 ± 2.4a

11.2 ± 1.3b

22.2 ± 0.9c

White (%)

84.2 ± 0.8

78.4 ± 2.4a

91.2 ± 1.4b

83.0 ± 1.0a

English spoken at home (%)

62.2 ± 1.0

70.4 ± 2.6a,b

70.0 ± 2.1a

58.5 ± 1.2b

  1. a,b,cMeans with different superscripts are significantly different, p < 0.05 (Bonferroni-adjusted p < 0.0167)
  2. dData are from the Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 2.2 (2004) and are shown as weighted mean ± SE. No Breakfast = no food or beverages reported as breakfast; RTEC Breakfast = breakfast that included ready-to-eat cereal (RTEC); Other Breakfast = any other type of breakfast