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