Knowledge, attitude and behaviour of university students regarding salt and iodine: a multicentre cross-sectional study in six countries in Europe and Asia

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the samples in participating countries ⁱ⁾

Country	No of participants	Gender [% male]	Age [median (IQR)]	ΒΜΙ ≥ 25 [%]	Nutrition lectures [%]	Interested in nutrition [%]
Germany	371	65.0^a	22.0 (20.0–24.0)^a,b	20.0^a,d,e	12.2^a	82.5^a,b
Greece	403	49.4^b	21.0 (20.0–21.0)^c	26.8^a,b	6.5^a	75.2^a
Poland	484	50.0^b	21.0 (20.0–23.0)^d	22.5^a,d,e	9.7^a	85.5^b
Slovenia	400	28.0^c	22.0 (20.0–24.0)^a	29.3^a,c	50.5^b	85.0^b,c
Sri Lanka	400	43.8^b	22.0 (21.0–23.0)^b	17.5^d	21.8^c	87.0^b,d
Taiwan	401	47.6^b	19.0 (18.0–21.0)^e	27.4^b,c,e	28.2^c	60.3^e
Total	2459	42.7	21.0 (20.0–23.0)	23.9	21.2	79.4

ⁱ⁾ Countries with non-significant differences are denoted with the same letter; those with significant differences are denoted with different letters

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