Development and Validity of a Questionnaire on Dyslipidemia Dietary Knowledge

Table 2

Demographic characteristics of participants included in Step 4.

Characteristic	N (%)	DDKQ score		p
		Mean	SD
Gender				<0.05
Male	249(45.94)	13.12	3.89
Female	293 (54.06)	14.09	3.66
Age				0.245
18–44	189 (34.87)	13.61	3.94
45–59	176 (32.47)	13.31	3.59
≥60	177 (32.66)	13.98	3.82
Dyslipidemia				0.461
Yes	268 (49.45)	13.51	3.78
No	274 (50.55)	13.75	3.81
Home address				<0.05
Rural	124 (22.88)	12.15	3.40
Urban	418 (77.12)	14.07	3.74
Educational level				<0.05
Elementary/junior middle school	184 (33.95)	12.28	3.52
Senior middle school/junior college	151 (27.86)	13.74	3.63
Junior college/university	182 (33.58)	14.79	3.69
Graduate school or above	25 (4.61)	14.56	4.37
Average monthly family income				<0.05
<1000 RMB	39 (7.20)	12.38	3.92
1000–2000 RMB	131 (24.2)	12.51	3.81
2000–3000 RMB	166 (30.6)	13.29	3.77
3000–4000 RMB	109 (20.1)	14.68	3.29
≥4000 RMB	97 (17.9)	15.06	3.58

RMB, Ren Min Bi: Chinese currency.