Table 2. Differences of select lifestyle variables between males and females.
| Variable | Total population | Age-matching population | ||||
| Male | Female | P * | Male | Female | P * | |
| n = 500 | n = 279 | n = 349 | n = 239 | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Regularly taking meals | ||||||
| Often | 413 (81.3) | 227 (83.8) | 0.150 | 284 (81.4) | 199 (83.3) | 0.085 |
| Occasionally | 54 (10.6) | 32 (11.8) | 35 (10.0) | 30 (12.6) | ||
| Seldom | 41 (8.1) | 12 (4.4) | 30 (8.6) | 10 (4.2) | ||
| Preference for salty food | ||||||
| Salty | 216 (42.7) | 88 (32.7) | 0.022 | 153 (44.0) | 78 (32.8) | 0.023 |
| Average | 201 (39.7) | 121 (45.0) | 128 (36.8) | 108 (45.4) | ||
| Not well salted | 89 (17.6) | 60 (22.3) | 67 (19.3) | 52 (21.8) | ||
| Eating time | ||||||
| <10 min | 301 (59.3) | 99 (36.5) | <0.001 | 204 (58.5) | 88 (36.8) | <0.001 |
| 10 ∼ 20 min | 186 (36.6) | 150 (55.4) | 134 (38.4) | 133 (55.6) | ||
| >20 min | 21 (4.1) | 22 (8.1) | 11 (3.2) | 18 (7.5) | ||
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Never | 205 (40.4) | 264 (97.4) | <0.001 | 138 (39.5) | 232 (97.1) | <0.001 |
| Ever | 303 (59.6) | 7 (2.6) | 211 (60.5) | 7 (2.9) | ||
| Drinking status | ||||||
| Never | 172 (33.9) | 237 (87.5) | <0.001 | 118 (33.8) | 209 (87.4) | <0.001 |
| Seldom | 160 (31.5) | 29 (10.7) | 98 (28.1) | 26 (10.9) | ||
| Often | 82 (16.1) | 3 (1.1) | 58 (16.6) | 2 (0.8) | ||
| Daily | 94 (18.5) | 2 (0.7) | 75 (21.5) | 2 (0.8) | ||
| Eating breakfast | ||||||
| Never | 9 (2.0) | 3 (1.2) | 0.812 | 6 (2.0) | 2 (0.9) | 0.721 |
| Seldom | 18 (3.9) | 12 (4.9) | 13 (4.3) | 12 (5.6) | ||
| Often | 48 (10.5) | 24 (9.8) | 30 (9.8) | 21 (9.7) | ||
| Daily | 381 (83.6) | 207 (84.1) | 256 (83.9) | 181 (83.8) | ||
*
Two-sided test.