Table 2.

Comparison of the health status of male public health students and their peers

		Public health students (19-25 years males)	National health interview survey 2003 (19-25 years males)	p value
Perceived health is very good or good		75%	83%	0.341
Can do much/very much for their health		96%	90%	0.376
BMI (mean)		24.04	23.89	0.841
Above the threshold on GHQ		12.5%	8.34%	0.484
Severe lack of social support		37.5%	9.87%	<0.001
Nutrition	Breakfast every day	50%	66%	0.119
	Daily fruit & vegetable consumption	54%	41%	0.198
Smoking	Non-smokers	54.5%	41%	0.202
	Daily smokers	32%	46%	0.188
Alcohol consumption		75%	71%	0.698

Comparison of some health measures and health behaviour of male public health students and males of the same age group (19-25 years) of the Hungarian National Health Interview Survey 2003. Indicators significantly worse in public health students are highlighted in bold.