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. 2023 Nov 21;68:1606451. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606451

TABLE 2.

Descriptive statistics of sample participants, NHANES, United states, 2011–2018.

Total (n = 2,268) Unhealthy but non-substance use (n = 1,339, 59%) Healthy but sleepless and drinking (n = 280, 12%) Unhealthy lifestyle (n = 333, 15%) Healthy but sedentary (n = 316, 14%) F value/χ2
Age* 20.87 ± 2.04 20.62 ± 2.07 21.16 ± 1.89 21.60 ± 1.83 20.88 ± 2.07 F = 23.60 ***
Sex χ 2 = 21.30 ***
 Male 1,143 (50.40%) 626 (46.75%) 144 (51.43%) 198 (59.46%) 175 (55.38%)
 Female 1,125 (49.60%) 713 (53.25%) 136 (48.57%) 135 (40.54%) 141 (44.62%)
Race/ethnicity χ 2 = 62.20 ***
 Non-Hispanic White 711 (31.35%) 358 (26.74%) 106 (37.86%) 153 (45.95%) 94 (29.75%)
 Non-Hispanic Black 543 (23.94%) 367 (27.41%) 44 (15.71%) 57 (17.12%) 75 (23.73%)
 Others 1,014 (44.71%) 614 (45.86%) 130 (46.43%) 123 (36.94%) 147 (46.52%)
Immigrant status χ 2 = 35.60 ***
 Native 1,869 (82.41%) 1,097 (81.93%) 233 (83.21%) 309 (92.79%) 240 (75.95%)
 Immigrant 398 (17.55%) 241 (18.00%) 57 (20.36%) 24 (7.21%) 76 (24.05%)
Household income χ 2 = 8.21
 High 379 (16.71%) 215 (16.06%) 53 (18.93%) 46 (13.81%) 65 (20.57%)
 Middle 729 (32.14%) 432 (32.26%) 91 (32.50%) 110 (33.03%) 96 (30.38%)
 Low 943 (41.58%) 547 (40.85%) 109 (38.93%) 157 (47.15%) 130 (41.14%)
Education level χ 2 = 55.00 ***
 Less than high school degree 449 (19.80%) 270 (20.16%) 30 (10.71%) 92 (27.63%) 57 (18.04%)
 High school graduate or some college degree 1,448 (63.84%) 849 (63.41%) 202 (72.14%) 215 (64.56%) 182 (57.59%)
 College graduate or above 371 (16.36%) 220 (16.43%) 48 (17.14%) 26 (7.81%) 77 (24.37%)
Household reference person’s education level χ 2 = 45.10 ***
 Less than high school degree 422 (18.61%) 258 (19.27%) 44 (15.71%) 72 (21.62%) 48 (15.19%)
 High school graduate or some college degree 1,306 (57.58%) 775 (57.88%) 162 (57.86%) 207 (62.16%) 162 (51.27%)
 College graduate or above 375 (16.53%) 207 (15.46%) 50 (17.86%) 30 (9.01%) 88 (27.85%)
Health insurance status χ 2 = 27.00 ***
 Having health insurance 1,655 (72.97%) 996 (74.38%) 213 (76.07%) 205 (61.56%) 241 (76.27%)
 No health insurance 604 (26.63%) 337 (25.17%) 67 (23.93%) 127 (38.14%) 73 (23.10%)
Employment status χ 2 = 16.50 **
 Employed 1,344 (59.26%) 752 (56.16%) 191 (68.21%) 207 (62.16%) 194 (61.39%)
 Unemployed 923 (40.70%) 587 (43.84%) 89 (31.79%) 125 (37.54%) 122 (38.61%)
BMI* 26.91 ± 7.31 27.19 ± 7.65 25.90 ± 6.19 27.63 ± 7.43 25.84 ± 6.44 F = 5.82 ***
Weight status χ 2 = 15.80 **
 Overweight or obese 1,155 (50.93%) 696 (51.98%) 128 (45.71%) 192 (57.66%) 139 (43.99%)
 Normal or underweight 1,113 (49.07%) 643 (48.02%) 152 (54.29%) 141 (42.34%) 177 (56.01%)
Depression severity* 1.37 ± 0.73 1.36 ± 0.73 1.32 ± 0.66 1.59 ± 0.88 1.23 ± 0.58 F = 14.50 ***
The presence of depressive symptoms χ 2 = 35.00 ***
 Having depressive symptoms 182 (8.02%) 101 (7.54%) 16 (5.71%) 52 (15.62%) 13 (4.11%)
 No depressive symptoms 2,086 (91.98%) 1,238 (92.46%) 264 (94.29%) 281 (84.38%) 303 (95.89%)

Note: *Mean ± standard deviation; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.