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Table 2 Characteristics of study participants by eating quickly or not (Japan, from April 2013 to March 2014)

From: Eating quickly is associated with a low aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio in middle-aged adults: a large-scale cross-sectional survey in Japan

Eating speed

  

Quickly

Not quickly

X2a

df

effect size

p valuea

Men

  

(n = 53,533)

(n = 131,991)

    
 

Smoking status

Current

24,171 (45.2)

62,985 (47.7)

223.568

2

0.035

<  0.001

  

Former

11,154 (20.8)

23,691 (17.9)

    
  

Never

18,208 (34.0)

45,315 (34.3)

    
 

Alcohol intake

Everyday

21,403 (40.0)

57,443 (43.5)

195.729

2

0.033

<  0.001

  

Sometimes

16,183 (30.2)

37,377 (28.3)

    
  

None

15,947 (29.8)

37,171 (28.2)

    
 

Daily physical activity

≥ 60 min

18,821 (35.2)

44,858 (34.0)

23.211

1

0.011

<  0.001

  

<  60 min

34,712 (64.8)

87,133 (66.0)

    

Women

  

(n = 22,162)

(n = 75,387)

    
 

Smoking status

Current

4698 (21.2)

14,410 (19.1)

215.489

2

0.047

<  0.001

  

Former

1890 (8.5)

4702 (6.2)

    
  

Never

15,574 (70.3)

56,275 (74.7)

    
 

Alcohol intake

Everyday

3712 (16.7)

11,434 (15.2)

47.605

2

0.022

<  0.001

  

Sometimes

6288 (28.4)

20,841 (27.6)

    
  

None

12,162 (54.9)

43,112 (57.2)

    
 

Daily physical activity

≥ 60 min

7313 (33.0)

23,236 (30.8)

37.69

1

0.02

<  0.001

  

<  60 min

14,849 (67.0)

52,151 (69.2)

    
  1. df, degrees of freedom
  2. Data are presented as n (%)
  3. aChi-squared test