Food Addiction, Saturated Fat Intake, and Body Mass Index in Peruvian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 3

Hours of sleep, BMI, physical activity, diet, and food addiction based on saturated fat intake categories.

	Low intake		High intake		X^2
	n	%	n	%
Hours of sleep
<6	26	10.3	14	11.7	5.029	0.540
6–8	224	85.1	113	84.9
>8	13	4.6	4	3.5
BMI (kg/m^2)
Underweight	6	2.5	1	0.6	19.388	0.022
Normal	156	58.7	58	44.5
Overweight	76	28.6	44	33.5
Obesity	25	10.3	28	21.4
Physical activity
Never	45	17.8	31	25.0	21.234	0.047
1-2 times/week	124	46.4	72	55.5
3-4 times/week	60	22.9	15	10.3
5-6 times/week	23	8.7	3	1.7
Everyday	11	4.1	10	7.5
Diet regimen
Vegetarian	73	27.1	14	9.8	17.056	<0.001
Nonvegetarian	190	72.9	117	90.3
Food addiction
Addiction	56	22.7	79	62.6	67.424	<0.001
No addiction	207	77.2	52	37.4

BMI, body mass index; value. The Chi-square (χ2) test was used to assess the significance of the data on lifestyle, diet, BMI, and categories of fat intake. P represents the probability that the saturated fat intake categories are associated with the aforementioned data. Statistical significance.