The Association between Socioeconomic Characteristics and Consumption of Food Items among Brazilian Industry Workers

Table 1

Characteristics of the Brazilian workers of the SESI study ((%) or mean ± standard deviation).

	Male* (𝑁=3686)	Female* (𝑁=1132)	Total* (𝑁=4818)
Age (years)
15–29	33.3	40.4	35.0
30–39	29.1	31.6	29.7
40–49	25.2	22.6	24.6
50–76	12.3	5.4	10.7
Education (years)
0–4	20.6	11.9	18.6
5–8	33.7	25.6	31.8
9–11	32.3	35.5	33.0
≥12	13.4	26.9	16.6
Size of company
Small	32.6	35.4	33.2
Medium	34.5	34.6	34.6
Large	32.9	30.0	32.2
Body mass index (kg/m^2)
<18.5	1.6	2.1	1.7
18.5–24.9	47.1	52.7	48.9
25.0–29.9	39.7	31.8	37.9
≥30.0	11.6	13.3	12.0
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	130.9±18.3	114.3±17.5	127.0±19.5
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	78.0±12.3	71.4±11.2	76.5±12.4

^*Percentages were obtained in the analysis taking into account the sampling design.