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. 2026 Jan 2;105(1):e46422. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000046422

Table 1.

General characteristics, lifestyle factors and cardiometabolic risk factors according to individual lifestyle scores (unhealthy, 0–1 factors; moderate, 2–3 factors; and healthy, 4–5 factors) based on the 6 lifestyle factors at baseline.

General characteristics All (n = 1697) Unhealthy (n = 544) Moderate (n = 716) Healthy (n = 437) P-value
Age (yr), (mean ± SE)
 30–44 (n, %) 894 (52.7) 285 (52.4) 402 (56.1) 207 (47.4) .015
 45–55 803 (47.3) 259 (47.6) 314 (43.9) 230 (52.6)
Gender (%)
 Men 469 (27.6) 233 (42.8) 160 (22.4) 76 (17.4) <.0001
 Women 1228 (72.4) 311 (57.2) 556 (77.6) 361 (82.6)
Education level
 High school lower levels 597 (35.2) 189 (34.7) 260 (36.3) 148 (33.9) .677
 College and higher levels 1100 (64.8) 355 (65.3) 456 (63.7) 289 (66.1)
Household income*
 Low 302 (17.8) 105 (19.3) 142 (19.8) 55 (12.6) .026
 Middle 1225 (72.2) 387 (71.1) 504 (70.4) 334 (76.4)
 High 170 (10.0) 52 (9.6) 70 (9.8) 48 (11.0)
Lifestyle factors
Smoking status (%)
 Nonsmoker 1511 (89.0) 458 (84.2) 634 (88.5) 419 (95.9) <.0001
 Smoker 186 (11.0) 86 (15.8) 82 (11.5) 18 (4.1)
Alcohol consumption (%)
 Non-heavy 1048 (61.8) 298 (54.8) 428 (59.8) 322 (73.7) <.0001
 Heavy 649 (38.2) 246 (45.2) 288 (40.2) 115 (26.3)
Physical activity§ (%)
 Insufficient 523 (30.8) 167 (30.7) 219 (30.6) 137 (31.3) .434
 Sufficient 1174 (69.2) 377 (69.3) 497 (69.4) 300 (68.7)
PSQI
 Poor 550 (32.4) 178 (32.7) 371 (51.8) 1 (0.2) <.0001
 Good 1147 (67.6) 366 (67.3) 345 (48.2) 436 (99.8)
KHEI
 Poor 824 (48.6) 287 (52.8) 537 (75.0) 0 (0.0) <.0001
 Good 872 (51.4) 256 (47.2) 179 (25.0) 437 (100.0)
Weight status (body mass index, kg/m2)
 Non-obese 1160 (68.4) 7 (1.3) 716 (100.0) 437 (100.0) <.0001
 Obese 537 (31.6) 537 (98.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Cardiometabolic risk factors#
 WC (cm) 91.1 ± 0.3a 81.1 ± 0.3b 80.9 ± 0.4b <.0001
 Systolic BP (mm Hg) 123.3 ± 0.7a 117.1 ± 0.6b 116.6 ± 0.8b <.0001
 Diastolic BP (mm Hg) 77.8 ± 0.5a 73.4 ± 0.5b 72.4 ± 0.6b <.0001
 FBG (mg/dL) 89.6 ± 0.7a 87.3 ± 0.6b 86.4 ± 0.8b <.0001
 HDL-c (mg/dL) 52.9 ± 0.7b 58.0 ± 0.6a 57.8 ± 0.8a <.0001
 TG (mg/dL) 140.4 ± 3.9a 126.4 ± 3.7b 122.5 ± 4.0b .004
Follow up years 2.2

P values were obtained from Rao–Scott χ2 tests for categorical variables and Bonferroni multiple comparison of one-way analysis of variance and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Bold values indicate results that are statistically significant (P < .05).

a, b, and c indicate statistically significant ordered differences among groups (P < .05), based on ANCOVA followed by Bonferroni multiple comparison test.

ANCOVA = way analysis of variance and analysis of covariance, BP = blood pressure, FBG = fasting blood glucose, HDL-c = high density lipoprotein cholesterol, KHEI = Korean Healthy Eating Index, MET = metabolic equivalent of task, PSQI = Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, TG = triglyceride, WC = waist circumference.

*

Monthly household income was divided into 3 groups: low (<3,000,000 won), middle (3,000,000–6,999,000 won), and high (≥7,000,000 won).

Smoking status was categorized as smoker (if they had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime) or non-smoker.

Alcohol consumption was evaluated as non-heavy or heavy drinkers (defined as alcohol intake ≥ 5 glasses for male and ≥ 4 glasses for female subjects on one occasion ≥ once a week).

§

Physical activity: total MET minutes per week: insufficient (<600 MET-min/wk); sufficient (≥600 MET-min/wk).

Global sleep score (GSS) was classified into 2 different level; good: GSS ≤ 5 or poor: 5 < GSS by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) level.

Total KHEI (Korean Healthy Eating Index) score was classified into 2 different level; lower (Q1 and Q2) or higher (Q3 and Q4).

#

Least-square means ± SE adjusted for age and sex.