Influence of Physical Activity Participation on the Associations between Eating Behaviour Traits and Body Mass Index in Healthy Postmenopausal Women
Table 1
Anthropometric variables, eating behaviour traits, and dietary intakes in women characterized by either lower or higher physical activity participation.
Lower physical activity participation
Higher physical activity participation
P-value
n
64
49
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Age (y)
57.1
4.5
56.2
3.9
.30
EE6–9 (kcal·kg-1·day-1)
0.5
0.7
6.6
3.9
<.0005
Antropometric variables
Body weight (kg)
74.1
14.7
71.3
17.7
.37
BMI (kg/m2)
29.1
5.7
27.8
6.3
.23
Fat mass (%)1
40.2
7.7
37.4
7.1
.05
Waist circumference (cm)2
93.0
13.7
88.4
12.7
.07
Eating behaviour traits
Dietary restraint
9.0
4.6
9.7
4.3
.44
Flexible dietary restraint
3.2
1.8
3.3
1.9
.84
Rigid dietary restraint
2.6
1.6
2.6
1.7
.98
Disinhibition
6.4
3.6
6.0
3.9
.55
Habitual disinhibition
1.3
1.5
1.1
1.4
.45
Emotional disinhibition
1.3
1.2
1.4
1.3
.77
Situational disinhibition
2.2
1.7
1.9
1.6
.28
Hunger
4.6
3.6
4.6
3.8
.98
Internal hunger
1.8
2.0
1.5
1.8
.41
External hunger
2.0
1.6
2.1
1.8
.93
n
42
35
Dietary intakes
Energy (kcal)
1981.4
275.6
1870.8
190.5
.05
Dietary fat (% of energy)3
32.8
4.9
31.3
4.5
.17
Carbohydrate (% of energy)3
48.8
5.3
49.7
5.0
.44
Protein (% of energy)3
16.4
2.7
16.8
2.2
.50
Cholesterol (mg)
274.8
119.5
227.8
85.9
.06
Fiber (g·1000 kcal-1)
11.3
3.4
12.5
2.6
.09
Values are means ± SD. Groups were formed according to the EE6–9 median value (2 kcal·kg·day). for fat mass, in lower physical activity participation, and in higher physical activity participation; for waist circumference, in higher physical activity participation; for dietary fat, carbohydrate and protein, in lower physical activity participation.
