Factors associated with restrained eating and validation of the Arabic version of the restrained eating scale among an adult representative sample of the Lebanese population: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample

	Frequency (%)
Gender
Male	270 (33.5%)
Female	536 (66.5%)
Marital status
Single	581 (71.6%)
Married	230 (28.4%)
Education level^a
Primary	24 (3.1%)
Complementary	61 (7.8%)
Secondary	125 (15.9%)
University	574 (73.2%)
Monthly income
No income	340 (45.1%)
< 1000$	247 (32.8%)
1000 – 2000 $	117 (15.5%)
> 2000 $	50 (6.6%)
Tobacco use
Yes	246 (30.8%)
No	554 (69.2%)
Drug addiction
Yes	7 (0.9%)
No	751 (99.1%)
Alcohol users
Yes	32 (4.2%)
No	724 (95.8%)
Caffeine
Yes	721 (90.0%)
No	80 (10.0%)
Practicing sport activities
Yes	490 (62.4%)
No	295 (37.6%)
	Mean ± SD
Age (in years)	27.59 ± 11.76
Body Mass Index (Kg/m²)	18.09 ± 11.68

^aPrimary level of education refers to less than 6 years of study; complementary level refers to more than 6 years of study but less than 10 years
Some numbers do not add up to 811 (the total number of the recruited participants) because of missing values in those variables

ISSN: 2050-2974