Gender differences and access to a sports dietitian influence dietary habits of collegiate athletes

Table 7 Breakfast

Question	Response	AthSD		AthNoSD		Unanswered		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Pearson X² and p value
Do you eat breakfast before all competitions	Yes	184	88.89	124	89.86	0	0.00	308	89.02	8.208 0.017
	No	23	11.11	14	10.14	1	100.00	38	10.98
	Total	207	100.00	138	100.00	1	100.00	346	100.00
Question	Response	Men		Women		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
How many days a week do you eat breakfast	0	5	3.52	3	1.26	8	2.11			27.691 0.001
	1	1	0.70	5	2.10	6	1.58
	2	13	9.15	20	8.40	33	8.68
	3	20	14.08	11	4.62	31	8.16
	4	13	9.15	11	4.62	24	6.32
	5	28	19.72	29	12.18	57	15.00
	6	10	7.04	22	9.24	32	8.42
	7	52	36.62	137	57.56	189	49.74
	Total	142	100.00	238	100.00	380	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
What time of day do you normally eat breakfast	I don’t eat breakfast	7	4.93	6	2.51	13	3.41			28.418 0.001
	5:00–7:00 AM	8	5.63	45	18.83	53	13.91
	7:00 AM–9:00 AM	70	49.30	134	56.07	204	53.54
	9:00–11:00 AM	56	39.44	47	19.67	103	27.03
	11:00 AM–1:00 PM	1	0.70	7	2.93	8	2.10
	Total	142	100.00	239	100.00	381	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Do you eat breakfast before all practices	Yes	79	55.24	158	65.83	237	61.88			4.259 0.039
	No	64	44.76	82	34.17	146	38.12
	Total	143	100.00	240	100.00	383	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Do you eat breakfast before all training/lifting sessions	Yes	74	51.75	156	65.00	230	60.05			6.560 0.010
	No	69	48.25	84	35.00	153	39.95
	Total	143	100.00	240	100.00	383	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Do you eat breakfast before all competitions	Yes	121	84.62	218	91.60	339	88.98			4.439 0.035
	No	22	15.38	20	8.40	42	11.02
	Total	143	100.00	238	100.00	381	100.00

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