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Table 2 Main characteristics of the whole study population according to eating speed at breakfast

From: “Forever young at the table”: metabolic effects of eating speed in obesity

Variables

Fast eating group

(< 10 min)

n = 83

Slow eating group

(≥ 10 min)

n = 93

p value*

Gender (M/F)

31/52

35/58

0.969

Age (years)

43.5 ± 16

40.7 ± 16

0.057

BMI (kg/m2)

32.0 ± 7

31.4 ± 8

0.612

Waist circumference (cm)

99.7 ± 18

99.2 ± 24

0.889

Hip circumference (cm)

109 ± 12

109 ± 14

0.723

Waist/Hip ratio

0.91 ± 0.1

0.90 ± 0.2

0.640

Type 2 diabetes

3 (4)

2 (28)

0.745

Dyslipidaemia

8 (10)

6 (6)

0.435

Hypertension

6 (7)

2 (28)

0.106

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD or n (%). *p < 0.05 one-way ANOVA for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables