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Total (n = 778)
Men (n = 232)
Women (n = 546)
p- value*
Age
44.9 ± 10.6
45.7 ± 9.73
44.6 ± 11.0
0.22
Education
0.02
Under diploma
284 (36.5%)
88 (38%)
194 (35.5%)
Diploma and higher
494 (63.5%)
144 (62%)
352 (64.5%)
Smoking status
< 0.001
Never or former smoker
739 (95%)
204 (88%)
535 (98%)
Current smoker
39 (5%)
28 (12%)
11 (2%)
Physical activity
0.32
Low
490 (63%)
138 (59.5%)
352 (64.5%)
Moderate and higher
288 (37%)
94 (40.5%)
194 (35.5%)
Occupation
< 0.001
Employee
189 (24.3%)
91 (39.2%)
98 (18%)
Housekeeper
449 (57.7%)
70 (30.2%)
379 (69.4%)
Retired
116 (14.9%)
69 (29.7%)
47 (8.6%)
Unemployed
24 (3.1%)
2 (0.9%)
22 (4%)
Marital status
< 0.001
Single
80 (10.3%)
19 (8.2%)
61 (11.3%)
Married
635 (81.6%)
210 (90.5%)
425 (77.9%)
Divorced
63 (8.1%)
3 (1.3%)
60 (11%)
Energy
2291 ± 737
2441 ± 682
2228 ± 751
< 0.001
Total Mg intake (mg/day)
272 ± 122
294 ± 140
262 ± 112
< 0.001
Magnesium intake/ 1000 kcal
125 ± 58.9
131 ± 76.2
123 ± 49.6
0.10
Values are mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables and quantity and percent for categorical variables
The p values resulted from the analysis of one-way analysis of variance for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables
