Table 2.
Health behaviour in the study sample by sex
| Female N=1699 | Male N=1522 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Health behaviour |
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
p-value |
| Smoking |
Non-smoker |
1081 |
63.6 |
918 |
60.3 |
0.145 |
| |
Ex-smoker |
219 |
12.9 |
228 |
15.0 |
|
| |
Smoker |
378 |
22.2 |
341 |
22.4 |
|
| |
Missing |
21 |
1.2 |
35 |
2.3 |
|
| Alcohol |
Never |
16 |
0.9 |
65 |
4.3 |
<0.001 |
| |
Less than once a week |
673 |
39.6 |
305 |
20.0 |
|
| |
Once a week |
470 |
27.7 |
394 |
25.9 |
|
| |
Several times every week |
334 |
19.7 |
638 |
41.9 |
|
| |
At least every day |
16 |
0.9 |
65 |
4.3 |
|
| |
Missing |
7 |
0.4 |
11 |
0.7 |
|
| Drug consumption |
No drug intake |
1539 |
90.6 |
1275 |
83.8 |
<0.001 |
| |
Drug intake |
117 |
6.9 |
198 |
13.0 |
|
| |
Missing |
43 |
2.5 |
49 |
3.2 |
|
| BMI |
Underweight |
129 |
7.6 |
18 |
1.2 |
<0.001 |
| |
Normal weight |
1305 |
76.8 |
1137 |
74.7 |
|
| |
Overweight |
205 |
12.1 |
352 |
23.1 |
|
| |
Missing |
60 |
3.5 |
15 |
1.0 |
|
| Physical activity |
at least 3 times a week |
539 |
31.7 |
780 |
51.2 |
<0.001 |
| |
1 to 2 times a week |
691 |
40.7 |
463 |
30.4 |
|
| |
Less than once a week |
461 |
27.1 |
263 |
17.3 |
|
| |
Missing |
8 |
0.5 |
16 |
1.1 |
|
| Importance of healthy nutrition |
Very important |
429 |
25.3 |
292 |
19.2 |
<0.001 |
| |
Somewhat important |
825 |
48.6 |
596 |
39.2 |
|
| |
Important |
374 |
22.0 |
432 |
28.4 |
|
| |
Somewhat unimportant |
59 |
3.5 |
142 |
9.3 |
|
| |
Very unimportant |
10 |
0.6 |
52 |
3.4 |
|
| Missing | 2 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.5 | ||