Table 3. The correlation between antidiabetic medication and lifestyle habits.
Bold face represents |r| > 0.5 by Pearson’s correlation analysis.
| Questions | Answer selected | Males | Females | ||
| r (95% confidence interval) | P | r (95% confidence interval) | P | ||
| Antihypertensive medication | Yes | 0.7231 (0.5502 - 0.8366) | <0.0001 | 0.7812 (0.6370 - 0.8726) | <0.0001 |
| Antidyslipidemic medication | Yes | 0.1796 (-0.1134 - 0.4439) | 0.2270 | 0.2996 (0.0136- 0.5403) | 0.0408 |
| Smoking | Yes | 0.6343 (0.4245- 0.7795) | <0.0001 | 0.2659 (-0.1453 - 0.4175) | 0.3206 |
| Weight gain | Yes | 0.3216 (0.0379 - 0.5573) | 0.0275 | 0.6539 (0.4516 - 0.7923) | <0.0001 |
| Exercise | Yes | -0.0597 (-0.3410 - 0.2314) | 0.6901 | -0.1842 (-0.4477 - 0.1087) | 0.2152 |
| Walking | Yes | 0.0703 (-0.2213 - 0.3504) | 0.6385 | -0.0305 (-0.3149 - 0.2589) | 0.8385 |
| Walking speed | Yes | -0.2069 (-0.4664 - 0.0853) | 0.1628 | -0.2122 (-0.4707 - 0.0798) | 0.1521 |
| Chewing condition | Chew anything | -0.5733 (-0.7388 - -0.3425) | <0.0001 | -0.5124 (-0.6970 - -0.2641) | 0.0002 |
| Sometimes hard to chew | 0.5707 (0.3391 - 0.7371) | <0.0001 | 0.5080 (0.2586 - 0.6939) | 0.0003 | |
| Hardly chew | 0.2150 (-0.0769 - 0.4730) | 0.1467 | 0.2158 (-0.0761 - 0.4736) | 0.1451 | |
| Eating speed | Faster | -0.2150 (-0.4730 - 0.0769) | 0.1466 | 0.1358 (-0.1575 - 0.4071) | 0.3627 |
| Similar | 0.3427 (0.0616 - 0.5734) | 0.0184 | -0.0082 (-0.2947 - 0.2796) | 0.9564 | |
| Slower | -0.4982 (-0.6870 - -0.2462) | 0.0004 | -0.4021 (-0.6179 - -0.1300) | 0.0051 | |
| Late dinner | Yes | 0.0767 (-0.2152 - 0.3560) | 0.6085 | 0.2959 (0.0096 - 0.5374) | 0.0434 |
| Snacking | Every day | -0.4462 (-0.6501 - -0.1824) | 0.0017 | -0.4045 (0.6197 - -0.1327) | 0.0048 |
| Sometimes | -0.0092 (-0.2956 - 0.2787) | 0.9510 | 0.3419 (0.0606 - 0.5728) | 0.0187 | |
| Rarely or never | 0.3054 (0.0199 - 0.5448) | 0.0369 | 0.1961 (-0.0965 - 0.4575) | 0.1864 | |
| Breakfast skipping | Yes | 0.3754 (0.0955 - 0.6003) | 0.0102 | 0.3193 (0.0354 - 0.5555) | 0.0287 |
| Alcohol drinking frequency | Every day | 0.1511 (-0.1422 - 0.4201) | 0.3106 | -0.3980 (-0.6149 - -0.1252) | 0.0056 |
| Sometimes | 0.2364 (-0.0545 - 0.4903) | 0.1097 | -0.0358 (-0.3197 - 0.2539) | 0.8109 | |
| Rarely or never | -0.3654 (-0.5906 - -0.0875) | 0.0115 | 0.2291 (-0.0622 - 0.4844) | 0.1214 | |
| Alcohol drinking amount | < 180 mL | -0.4597 (-0.6598 - -0.1988) | 0.0012 | -0.2790 (-0.5242 - 0.0089) | 0.0575 |
| 180–360 mL | 0.4411 (0.1763 - 0.6464) | 0.0019 | 0.3033 (0.0177 - 0.5432) | 0.0382 | |
| 360–540 mL | 0.2907 (0.0038 - 0.5333) | 0.0874 | 0.1698 (-0.1234 - 0.4357) | 0.3509 | |
| 540 mL < | 0.2521 (-0.0378 - 0.5029) | 0.0474 | 0.2093 (-0.0829 - 0.4683) | 0.1961 | |