Health-Related Quality of Life, Blood Pressure, and Biochemical and Anthropometric Profile in Vegetarians and Nonvegetarians

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of vegetarians and nonvegetarians.

	Vegetarians		Nonvegetarians		χ^2
	n	%	n	%
Age
≤25	20	32.3	18	20.7	5,515	0.063
26–35	13	21.0	33	37.9
36+	29	46.8	36	41.4
Sex
Female	43	69.4	57	65.5	0,242	0.623
Male	19	30.6	30	34.5
Origin
Coast	29	46.8	45	51.7	13,775	0.003
Jungle	14	22.6	27	31.0
Sierra	5	8.1	12	13.8
Foreign	14	22.6	3	3.4
Marital status
Single	32	51.6	45	51.7	0,000	0.989
Married	30	48.4	42	48.3
Level of education
Basic education	2	3.2	1	1.1	7,709	0.052
Technical school	6	9.7	24	27.6
Undergraduate degree	39	62.9	45	51.7
Graduate degree	15	24.2	17	19.5
Occupation
Nonacademic staff	13	21.0	37	42.5	12,479	0.002
University professor	27	43.5	38	43.7
University student	22	35.5	12	13.8

Vegetarians are those who do not consume meat, fish, or poultry and nonvegetarians are those who do eat such foods. value. The Chi-squared (χ²) test was used to evaluate the degree of significance for the sociodemographic data and the type of diet. represents the probability that the dietary pattern is associated with the sociodemographic data. Statistically significant.