Table 3.

Lifestyle and dietary habits of the sample Italian adult population aged ≥18 years, 2008

			Total (n 1722)					Men (n 771)					Women (n 945)
	Participants		Non-users		Users			Non-users		Users			Non-users		Users
	(n 1723)		(n 880; 51 %)		(n 842; 49 %)			(n 457; 59 %)		(n 313; 41 %)			(n 418; 44 %)		(n 527; 56 %)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	P†	n	%	n	%	P†	n	%	n	%	P†
Sports							<0·001					<0·001					<0·001
No	1036	60	586	57	449	43		295	67	147	33		289	49	302	51
1–2 times/week	443	26	185	42	258	58		102	50	103	50		82	35	155	65
≥3 times/week	174	10	73	42	101	58		44	47	50	53		29	37	50	63
Unknown	70	4	–		–			–		–			–		–
Smoking status							<0·001					<0·001					NS
Current smoker	308	18	143	46	165	54		78	55	64	45		65	39	101	61
Former smoker	430	25	253	59	176	41		183	68	86	32		69	43	90	57
Non-smoker	938	54	456	49	482	51		189	54	160	46		267	45	322	55
Unknown	47	3	–		–			–		–			–		–
Alcohol consumption							NS					NS					NS
Never/occasionally	621	36	313	50	309	50		109	58	80	42		203	47	228	53
≤2 glasses/d	907	53	459	51	449	49		280	60	188	40		177	40	261	60
>2 glasses/d	100	6	56	56	44	44		48	58	35	42		8	47	9	53
Unknown	95	6	–		–			–		–			–		–
Vegetables, fruit							NS					NS					NS
<2·5 times/d	648	38	323	50	325	50		197	55	159	45		125	43	166	57
≥2·5 and ≤5 times/d	947	55	490	52	457	48		226	62	139	38		263	45	317	55
>5 times/d	38	2	17	45	21	55		8	80	2	20		9	32	19	68
Unknown	90	5	–		–			–		–			–		–
Regular use of wholemeal cereal-based foods							<0·001					<0·01					<0·001
Yes	346	20	119	34	227	66		55	48	59	52		64	28	167	72
No	1299	75	719	55	580	45		384	61	242	39		332	50	337	50
Unknown	78	5	–		–			–		–			–		–

†P value: statistical analysis by the χ ² test between users and non-users.