A 10-Week Multimodal Nutrition Education Intervention Improves Dietary Intake among University Students: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Table 2

Selected characteristics of study participants.

Characteristics	CG (𝑛=202)	IG (𝑛=178)
Age (year)*	19.2±1.1	19.0±1.2
Height (cm)*	157.8±7.2	156.5±7.1
Weight (kg)*	53.6±12.3	51.9±9.5
Waist circumference (cm)*	68.8±11.2	67.6±9.9
Hip circumference (cm)*	90.0±10.2	89.9±9.6
Gender^a
Male	35 (17.3)	12 (6.7)
Female	167 (82.7)	166 (93.3)
Living arrangement^a
Alone	2 (1.0)	9 (5.1)
With family	17 (8.4)	27 (15.2)
With friends	183 (90.6)	142 (79.8)
Academic year^a
First year	129 (63.9)	114 (64.0)
Second year	73 (36.1)	64 (36.0)
Funding status^a
Funded	149 (73.8)	130 (73.0)
Not funded	52 (25.7)	48 (27.0)
BMI classification^a
Underweight	46 (22.8)	48 (27.0)
Normal weight	102 (50.5)	82 (46.1)
Overweight	54 (26.7)	48 (27.0)

∗Data expressed as mean ± SD
^aData expressed as 𝑛 (%).