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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study populations

From: Reliability and validity of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire: dietary intake assessment among multi-ethnic populations in Northwest China

Item

Overall

Han nationality

Ethnic minority

P

(n = 139)

(n = 62)

(n = 77)

Age (years)§

44.94 (11.62)

43.55 (9.42)

46.05 (10.84)

0.212

Sex (n, %)

   

0.538

 Male

78 (56.1)

33 (53.2)

45 (58.4)

 

 Female

61 (43.9)

29 (46.8)

32 (41.6)

 

Ethnicity (n, %)

 Han

62 (44.6)

   

 Uygur

41 (29.5)

   

 Kazak

31 (22.3)

   

 Others

5 (3.6)

   

Salary (yuan/month) (n, %)

   

0.223

  < 2000

46 (38.3)

19 (46.3)

27 (34.2)

 

 2000–5000

30 (9.2)

17 (12.2)

13 (7.6)

 

  > 5000

63 (52.5)

27 (41.5)

36 (58.2)

 

Smoking (n, %)

   

0.999

 No

63 (45.3)

28 (45.2)

35 (45.5)

 

 Current

58 (41.7)

26 (41.9)

32 (41.6)

 

 Former

18 (12.9)

8 (12.9)

10 (13.0)

 

Alcohol (n, %)

   

0.746

 No

65 (46.8)

31 (50.0)

34 (44.2)

 

 Current

61 (43.9)

25 (40.3)

36 (46.8)

 

 Former

13 (9.4)

6 (9.7)

7 (9.1)

 

Height (m)§

1.68 (0.12)

1.69 (0.16)

1.67 (0.09)

0.435

Weight (kg)§

66.05 (10.2)

61.58 (8.71)

69.65 (11.32)

0.066

Highest education level (n, %)

   

0.278

 Primary school

18 (12.9)

5 (8.1)

13 (16.9)

 

 Junior high school

21 (15.1)

9 (14.5)

12 (15.6)

 

 Senior high school

36 (25.9)

20 (32.3)

16 (20.8)

 

 College

64 (46.0)

28 (45.2)

36 (46.8)

 

BMI (kg/m2) §

23.33 (2.68)

21.48 (2.15)

24.82 (2.54)

0.096

  1. T test for continuous variables
  2. Chi-squared test for categorical variables
  3. §Values are mean (SD), SD: Standard deviation, BMI: Body mass index