Relationship between mean daily energy intake and frequency of consumption of out-of-home meals in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey

Table 1 Summary of adult model variables

Variable	Level	N (%)	Mean (SD)
Categorical variables
All adults		1889
Gender	Male	829 (43.9)
Gender	Female	1060 (56.1)
NS-SeC	Class 1: Higher managerial, administrative, professional and intermediate occupations	1217 (64.4)
NS-SeC	Class 2: Routine and manual occupations	672 (35.6)
Frequency of eating meals out	Rarely or never	537 (28.4)
	1–2 times per month	851 (45.1)
	1 or more times per week	501 (26.5)
Frequency of eating takeaway meals at home	Rarely or never	848 (44.9)
	1–2 times per month	667 (35.3)
	1 or more times per week	374 (19.8)
Continuous variables
Age	Years		49.2 (16.9)
Height	Centimetres		167.5 (9.5)
Mean daily energy intake	Kilocalories		1811.2 (573.1)

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