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Table 1 Participants’ general characteristics and anthropometrics

From: Eating habits and lifestyle changes during COVID-19 lockdown: an Italian survey

 

Whole sample (n = 3533)

Northern Italy (n = 547)

Center Italy (n = 2009)

Southern Italy and Islands (n = 977)

Age (years)

36.0 [27.0–49.0]*

40.03 ± 13.53

36.0 [29.0–52.0]

40.10 ± 13.48

37.0 [27.0–50.5]

39.29 ± 14.37

35.0 [26.0–45.0]

35.97 ± 13.87

Age groups (years)

 < 18 

180 (5.1)

2 (0.4)

67 (3.3)

111 (11.4)

 18–30

1048 (29.7)

177 (32.4)

616 (30.7)

255 (26.1)

 31–50

1492 (42.2)

217 (39.7)

824 (41.0)

451 (46.2)

 51–65

693 (19.6)

135 (24.7)

420 (20.9)

138 (14.1)

 > 65

120 (3.4)

16 (2.9)

82 (4.1)

22 (2.3)

Gender (F)

2689 (76.1)

435 (79.5)

1313 (76.4)

738 (75.5)

Weight (kg)

65.0 [57.0–75.0]*

66.87 ± 13.16

65.0 [57.0–75.0]

66.88 ± 13.15

65.0 [57.0–75.0]

67.27 ± 14.35

65.0 [56.8–76.0]

67.74 ± 14.42

Height (cm)

166.0 [160.0–172.0]*

167.58 ± 8.47

167.0 [162.0–173.0]

167.60 ± 8.47

167.0 [161.0–173.0]

167.43 ± 8.25

165.0 [160.0–170.0]

166.37 ± 8.10

BMI (kg/m2)

23.23 [21.01–26.01]*

27.66 ± 4.10

22.89 [20.83–25.47]

23.76 ± 4.10

23.15 [20.94–25.87]

23.89 ± 4.29

23.53 [21.26–26.57]

24.37 ± 4.30

Class of BMI

 Underweight

142 (4.0)

19 (3.5)

97 (4.8)

26 (2.7)

 Normal weight

2243 (63.5)

368 (67.3)

1273 (63.4)

602 (61.6)

 Overweight

814 (23.0

108 (19.7)

469 (23.3)

237 (24.3)

 Obesity I

251 (7.1)

42 (7.7)

1 26 (6.3)

83 (8.5)

 Obesity II

66 (1.9)

8 (1.5)

32 (1.6)

26 (2.7)

 Obesity III

17 (0.5)

2 (0.4)

12 (0.6)

3 (0.3)

  1. Values are expressed as median and IQR in square brackets (M [IQR]) as well as mean and standard deviation (M ± SD) for continuous variables or as number and percentage (n (%)) for categorical variables
  2. BMI body mass index
  3. *The Shapiro–Wilk test was performed to evaluate variables distribution. Variables are considered non-normally distributed for p < 0.05