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Table 1 Characteristics of the samples and univariate comparisons

From: Is vegetarianism related to anxiety and depression? A cross-sectional survey in a French sample

 

Not vegetarians (N = 5739)

Vegetarians (N = 839)

Statistical tests

Age (M. SD)

60.85 (22.06)

60.06 (21.81)

(6576) = 0.96, ns

Education level (1–7) (mean, SD)

4.20 (1.35)

4.10 (1.34)

tcor (1101.04) = 2.04, ns

Income (1–6) (mean, SD)

4.20 (1.41)

3.71 (1.50)

tcor (1066.06) = 8.80, p. < .001

City size (1–6) (mean, SD)

1.27 (1.18)

1.01 (1.18)

tcor (1095.91) = 2.05, p. < .001

BMI (mean, SD)

23.35 (3.97)

22.24 (3.47)

tcor (1184.23) = 8.47, p. < .001

Anxiety, GAD 2 (1–5) (mean, SD)

2.30 (1.04)

2.31 (1.04)

(6576) = 0.20, ns

Depression, PHQ2 (1–5) (mean, SD)

1.72 (0.84)

1.77 (0.86)

(6576) = 1.72 ns

  1. BMI body mass index, GAD2 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, PGQ scale, Patient Health Questionnaire Scale, NB due to Bonferroni correction, the significance threshold is 0.005