Table 2.

Differences in Health Risk and Lifestyle Behaviors (N=1290)

	Older		Younger
Variables	N	%	n	%	x2 p
BMI					0.25
Underweight	45	10.5	112	13
Normal	258	60.4	476	55.2
Overweight	87	20.4	182	21.2
Obese	37	8.7	93	10.8
Previous medical condition					<.001
High blood pressure
No	114	26.7	628	72.8
Yes	313	73.3	235	27.2
High cholesterol					<.001
No	282	66	722	83.7
Yes	145	34	141	16.3
Diabetes					<.001
No	297	69.6	806	93.4
Yes	130	30.4	57	6.6
Physical activity					0.66
≤ 3 hours per week	370	86.7	750	87.5
> 3 hours per week	57	13.3	107	12.5
Number of servings of vegetable consumed in the past two days					0.84
≤ 4 servings	379	88.8	761	88.4
> 5 servings	48	11.2	100	11.6
Number of servings of fruits consumed in the past two days					0.5
≤ 4 servings	387	90.8	772	89.7
> 5 servings	39	9.2	89	10.3
Smoking history					0.182
Never	328	77.2	698	81.4
Current	71	16.7	112	13.1
Previous	26	6.1	48	5.6
Alcohol history					<.001
Never	289	67.8	438	50.9
Current	93	21.8	271	31.5
Previous	44	10.3	152	17.7
Sleeping difficulty					<.001
None	30	7.1	182	21.2
Sometimes	126	29.6	325	37.9
Most of the time	175	41.2	260	30.3
All the time	94	22.1	91	10.6
Depression					<.001
Normal	336	78.7	693	80.3
Borderline	44	10.3	121	14
Depressed	47	11	49	5.7