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Table 1 General characteristics of the participants

From: Turkish version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale: preliminary results of factorial structure, reliability, and construct validity

Variable n (%)

Male (n = 439)

Female (n = 594)

Total (n = 1033)

Age (years)

19–25

207 (47.2)

313 (52.7)

520 (50.3)

25–35

106 (24.1)

101 (17.0)

207 (20.0)

35–45

47 (10.7)

85 (14.3)

132 (12.8)

45–55

53 (12.1)

74 (12.5)

127 (12.4)

55–65

26 (5.9)

21 (3.5)

47 (4.5)

Education

No schooling to primary school

12 (2.7)

68 (11.4)

80 (7.8)

Secondary school

16 (3.6)

21 (3.5)

37 (3.6)

High school

237 (54.0)

360 (60.6)

597 (57.8)

University/postgraduate

174 (39.7)

145 (24.4)

319 (30.8)

Occupation

No work, staying at home

– (0.0)

132 (22.2)

132 (12.8)

Student

153 (34.9)

279 (47.0)

432 (41.8)

Laborer/officer

158 (36.0)

103 (17.3)

261 (25.3)

Self-employment

47 (10.7)

19 (3.2)

66 (6.4)

Retired

38 (8.7)

12 (2.0)

50 (4.8)

Other

43 (9.7)

49 (8.3)

92 (8.9)

Smoking status

Non-smoker

318 (72.4)

501 (84.3)

819 (79.3)

Smoker

121 (27.6)

93 (15.7)

214 (20.7)

Alcohol consumption status

Non-consumer

308 (70.2)

500 (84.2)

808 (78.2)

Regular consumers

131 (29.8)

94 (15.8)

225 (21.8)

Physical activity

Non-exercisers

306 (69.7)

455 (76.6)

761 (73.7)

Regular exercisers

133 (30.3)

139 (23.4)

272 (26.3)

BMI (kg/m2)

Underweight

24 (5.5)

73 (12.3)

97 (9.4)

Normal

183 (41.7)

308 (51.9)

491 (47.5)

Overweight

174 (39.6)

119 (20.0)

293 (28.4)

Obese

58 (13.2)

94 (15.8)

152 (14.7)