Fast Food Consumption, Quality of Diet, and Obesity among Isfahanian Adolescent Girls

Table 1

Demographic characteristics across the quartiles of fast food consumption.

Variables	Quartiles of fast food intake				𝑃^2
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
	[<51.8 g/week] 𝑛=35	[51.9–100.7 g/week] 𝑛=34	[100.8–214.9 g/week] 𝑛=36	[>215 g/week] 𝑛=35
Age (y)	12.32±1.088^1	12.58±0.89	12.33±1.01	12.42±0.88	0.677
Height (cm)	150.58±8.71	154.77±8.39	153.00±6.91	152.92±7.78	0.157
Physical Activity (METh/day)	12.22±0.84	12.61±0.85	14.01±0.83	14.01±0.84	0.303
85th < BMI^3 < 95th (%)	0	17.6	16.7	40.0	0.0001
BMI > 95th (%)	2.9	0	5.6	11.4	0.0001
WC^3 > 75th (%)	22.9	38.2	44.4	54.3	0.055

¹Values are mean ± SD unless indicated.
²P values resulted from analysis of variance for quantitative variables and χ ² for qualitative variables.
³BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference.