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Table 1 The demographic characteristics of study participants (n = 221)

From: Relative validity of an intelligent ordering system to estimate dietary intake among university students from a medical school in Shanghai, China

Characteristics

 

Valuesa

Age, Years

 

22.2 ± 2.4

Gender

  

 Male

 

85 (38.5)

 Female

 

136 (61.5)

Education

  

 Undergraduate

 

118 (53.4)

 Graduate

 

103 (46.6)

Major

  

 Public health

 

111 (50.2)

 Clinical medicine or basic medicine

 

110 (49.8)

Household type

  

 Urban

 

125 (56.6)

 Countryside

 

96 (43.4)

Dietary habitb

  

 General diet

 

213 (96.4)

 Halal diet

 

8 (3.6)

BMI(kg/m2)

 

21.3 ± 2.9

 Underweight (< 18.5)

 

34 (15.4)

 Normal weight (18.5–24.0)

 

158 (71.5)

 Overweight and obesity (> 24.0)

 

29 (13.1)

  1. a Numbers in this table represent means ± standard deviations (SDs) and n (%) for continuous and categorical variables, respectively
  2. b None of our participants followed a vegetarian diet