Table 1.
Sociodemographic information
| Parameter | Gender | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female N = 831 (72.9%) |
Male N = 309 (27.1%) |
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| Age, years | 41.9 (11.6) | 40.1 (11.2) | 0.12 |
| BMI, kg/m 2 | 24.2 (4.5) | 26.5 (4.9) | 0.001 |
| Education | |||
| Not finished secondary education | 0.7% | 0.6% | > 0.05 |
| Secondary education | 7.8% | 8.4% | |
| Vocational education and training | 4.7% | 4.0% | |
| Higher education (non-university) | 7.9% | 12.6% | |
| Higher education (university) | 78.9% | 74.4% | |
| Sport | |||
| I don’t exercise | 30.9% | 17.4% | 0.001 |
| I’m in a professional sport | 1.8% | 5.8% | < 0.05 |
| I exercise on my own | 51.7% | 61.8% | |
| I exercise in a gym/health centre | 15.5% | 15% | > 0.05 |
| Health | |||
| Excellent | 15.5% | 25% | 0.001 |
| Good | 57.3% | 54% | > 0.05 |
| Satisfactory | 24.3% | 19% | |
| Poor | 2.9% | 2% | |
| Type of job/vocation | |||
| Sedentary work | 51.0% | 43.4% | > 0.05 |
| Working while seated/standing/walking at low intensity | 28.2% | 27.7% | |
| Heavy lifting, walking, intense work | 19.7% | 25% | |
| Heavy physical work | 1.1% | 3.9% | |
| Place of residence | |||
| Big city ≥ 100,000 | 59.3% | 65.3% | > 0.05 |
| Small city < 100,000 | 22.5% | 23% | |
| Town 500–3000 | 9.9% | 7.4% | |
| Village < 500 | 8.3% | 4.3% | |
Note BMI– body mass index; p– the level of marginal significance within a statistical hypothesis test