Table 1.
General characteristics of participants according to pork consumption by gender, 2016–2020 KNHANES.
| Characteristic | All (n = 2068) |
Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumers (n = 372) |
Non-Consumers (n = 618) |
Consumers (n = 359) |
Non-Consumers (n = 719) |
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| Age (y) | 72.28 ± 0.13 | 71.65 ± 0.32 | 73.35 ± 0.23 **** | 71.15 ± 0.32 | 72.26 ± 0.23 ** |
| Education | |||||
| Elementary school | 1013 (50.39) | 119 (32.20) | 251 (42.14) ** | 194 (52.05) | 449 (66.88) ** |
| Middle school | 253 (14.29) | 38 (11.41) | 82 (15.8) | 56 (18.54) | 77 (12.27) |
| High school | 353 (20.33) | 89 (27.81) | 120 (22.02) | 51 (18.93) | 93 (15.45) |
| College | 251 (14.99) | 92 (28.57) | 97 (20.04) | 29 (10.48) | 33 (5.40) |
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 1484 (77.09) | 289 (83.30) | 433 (74.93) * | 275 (81.35) | 487 (73.25) * |
| Rural | 584 (22.91) | 83 (16.70) | 185 (25.07) | 84 (18.65) | 232 (26.75) |
| Household income | |||||
| Low | 910 (42.71) | 117 (31.89) | 268 (42.67) ** | 151 (41.32) | 374 (49.64) |
| Middle-low | 607 (28.70) | 119 (30.79) | 188 (29.68) | 115 (30.73) | 185 (25.51) |
| Middle-high | 311 (16.42) | 74 (20.04) | 101 (17.62) | 46 (14.63) | 90 (14.24) |
| High | 228 (12.17) | 60 (17.29) | 58 (10.04) | 45 (13.33) | 65 (10.61) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 2060 (99.62) | 370 (99.48) | 617 (99.9) | 357 (99.45) | 716 (99.53) |
| Single | 8 (0.38) | 2 (0.52) | 1 (0.10) | 2 (0.55) | 3 (0.47) |
| Alcohol consumer | |||||
| No | 1278 (59.96) | 142 (36.31) | 296 (47.66) ** | 279 (75.52) | 561 (76.35) |
| Yes | 748 (37.96) | 226 (62.44) | 312 (50.73) | 72 (21.95) | 138 (20.91) |
| No response | 42 (2.08) | 4 (1.25) | 10 (1.61) | 8 (2.53) | 20 (2.75) |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Current smoker | 214 (10.78) | 84 (22.32) | 100 (15.71) | 9 (3.30) | 21 (3.71) |
| Ex-smoker | 599 (29.81) | 203 (55.14) | 360 (58.00) | 11 (3.80) | 25 (3.42) |
| Non-smoker | 1212 (57.26) | 81 (21.30) | 147 (24.48) | 331 (90.37) | 653 (90.08) |
| No response | 43 (2.16) | 4 (1.25) | 11 (1.81) | 8 (2.53) | 20 (2.79) |
| Regular physical activity | |||||
| No | 1223 (64.29) | 206 (57.98) | 347 (61.86) | 217 (64.27) | 453 (69.94) |
| Yes | 637 (35.71) | 129 (42.02) | 200 (38.14) | 113 (35.73) | 195 (30.06) |
KNHANES = Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Values are presented as the mean ± SE. The Rao–Scott chi-square test was used considering the complex survey design to compare the characteristics across the categorical variables. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, and **** p < 0.0001 between pork consumers and non-consumers.