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Table 3 Participants’ attitudes towards salt reduction i)

From: Knowledge, attitude and behaviour of university students regarding salt and iodine: a multicentre cross-sectional study in six countries in Europe and Asia

 

Germany

Greece

Poland

Slovenia

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Total

Participants’ attitudes toward salt reduction [% (n)]

 Important or very important*

32.8 (120)a

60.8 (245)b

70.5 (340)c

65.8 (263)b,c

71.3 (285)c

81.0 (323)d

64.3 (1576)

Deliberate and conscious efforts for a low salt diet [% (n)]

 Always

7.8 (29)a,b

13.2 (53)a

8.9 (43)a,b

10.3 (41)a,b

6.5 (26)b

5.2 (21)b,c

8.7 (213)

 Sometimes

40.8 (151)a

39.2 (158)a

45.1 (218)a,b

52.0 (208)b

47.4 (189)a,b

40.1 (161)a

44.2 (1085)

 Never

51.4 (190)a

47.6 (192)a,b

46.0 (222)a,b

37.8 (151)b

46.1 (184)a,b

54.6 (219)a

47.1 (1158)

  1. i) Countries with non-significant differences are denoted with the same letter; those with significant differences are denoted with different letters
  2. *Answers 3 and 4 (of the 4-point Likert scale) were combined