Table 1 Sample characteristics
From: Dietary behavior of video game players and esports players in Germany: a cross-sectional study
Group | Age1 [years] Mean (SD) Median (P25–P75) | Gender2 [“male”] n (%) | BMI1 [kg/m2] Mean (SD) Median (P25–P75) | Education1 [“higher education entrance qualification or higher”] n (%) | Employment2 [“full-time employment”] n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total sample (n = 808) | 24.2 (6.9) | 703 (87.0) | 24.7 (5.1) | 545 (67.5) | 247 (30.6) |
23.0 (20.0–27.0) |  | 24.0 (21.6–26.6) |  |  | |
Professional players (n = 20) | 22.8 (4.5) | 19 (95.0) | 24.0 (3.8) | 15 (75.0) | 7 (35.0) |
22.0 (20.0–23.8) |  | 23.0 (21.0–26.2) |  |  | |
Former professional players (n = 15) | 28.4 (7.4) | 14 (93.3) | 25.3 (3.8) | 13 (86.7) | 10 (66.7) |
27.0 (22.0–37.0) |  | 24.8 (22.3–26.6) |  |  | |
Amateurs (n = 187) | 24.0 (7.3) | 178R,O (95.2) | 24.9 (4.9) | 119 (63.6) | 54 (28.9) |
22.0 (19.0–26.0) |  | 24.2 (21.5–27.4) |  |  | |
Regular players (n = 452) | 23.9 (6.5) | 392A,O (86.7) | 24.9 (5.5) | 294 (65.0) | 136 (30.1) |
23.0 (20.0–27.0) |  | 24.2 (21.6–26.6) |  |  | |
Occasional players (n = 134) | 25.2 (7.6) | 100A,R (74.6) | 24.0 (4.2) | 104 (77.5) | 40 (29.9) |
23.0 (21.0–27.0) |  | 23.5 (21.4–25.8) |  |  | |
p | 0.06 |  < 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.04 | 0.06 |