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Table 1 Characteristic of the Studied Population

From: Latent variables and structural equation models for longitudinal relationships: an illustration in nutritional epidemiology

 

Males

n = 201

Females

n = 256

p

Age in 1999 (yr)

44.0 (4.9)

42.4 (4.5)

<0.001

1999 evaluation

   

   Percent Body Fat (%)

23.0 (6.2)

33.2 (7.1)

<0.001

   Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

25.7 (3.4)

24.7 (4.6)

<0.005

   Skinfold Thickness (mm)

58.6 (25.2)

75.0 (32.2)

<0.001

   Waist Circumference (cm)

91.6 (10.4)

79.4 (11.7)

<0.001

   Cognitive Restraint Score

21.8 (18.2)

39.6 (21.4)

<0.001

2001 evaluation

   

   Percent Body Fat (%)

21.9 (6.1)

31.9 (7.6)

<0.001

   Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

25.9 (3.5)

25.0 (4.8)

0.026

   Skinfold Thickness (mm)

61.5 (25.3)

78.2 (34.2)

<0.001

   Waist Circumference (cm)

91.5 (9.8)

79.6 (11.9)

<0.001

   Cognitive Restraint Score

26.9 (19.7)

40.4 (21.3)

<0.001

  1. Data are means (standard deviations). Differences according to sex were tested with Student's t-tests.
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