Table 3. Distributions of select lifestyle variables in the total population with gender differences.
| Variable | Total population | Males | Females | ||||||
| Cases | Controls | P * | Cases | Controls | P * | Cases | Controls | P * | |
| n = 387 | n = 392 | n = 264 | n = 237 | n = 123 | n = 155 | ||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| Regularly taking meals | |||||||||
| Often | 304 (78.6) | 336 (85.7) | 0.010 | 216 (79.7) | 197 (83.1) | 0.536 | 88 (75.9) | 139 (89.7) | 0.001 |
| Occasionally | 47 (12.1) | 39 (9.9) | 30 (11.1) | 24 (10.1) | 14.7 (17) | 15 (9.7) | |||
| Seldom | 36 (9.3) | 17 (4.3) | 25 (9.2) | 16 (6.8) | 11 (9.5) | 1 (0.6) | |||
| Preference for salty food | |||||||||
| Salty | 203 (52.5) | 101 (26.0) | <0.001 | 144 (53.1) | 72 (30.6) | <0.001 | 59 (50.9) | 29 (19.0) | <0.001 |
| Average | 147 (38.0) | 175 (45.1) | 103 (38.0) | 98 (41.7) | 44 (37.9) | 77 (50.3) | |||
| Not well salted | 37 (9.6) | 112 (28.9) | 24 (8.9) | 65 (27.7) | 13 (11.2) | 47 (30.7) | |||
| Eating time | |||||||||
| <10 min | 212 (54.8) | 188 (48.0) | 0.136 | 164 (60.5) | 137 (57.8) | 0.823 | 48 (41.4) | 51 (32.9) | 0.263 |
| 10 ∼ 20 min | 157 (40.6) | 179 (45.7) | 96 (35.4) | 90 (38.0) | 61 (52.6) | 89 (57.4) | |||
| >20 min | 18 (4.7) | 25 (6.4) | 11 (4.1) | 10 (4.2) | 7 (6.0) | 15 (9.7) | |||
| Smoking status | |||||||||
| Never | 204 (52.7) | 265 (67.6) | <0.001 | 94 (34.7) | 111 (46.8) | 0.005 | 110 (94.8) | 154 (99.4) | 0.020 |
| Ever | 183 (47.3) | 127 (32.4) | 177 (65.3) | 126 (53.2) | 6 (5.2) | 1 (0.6) | |||
| Drinking status | |||||||||
| Never | 185 (47.8) | 224 (57.1) | 0.001 | 89 (32.8) | 83 (35.0) | 0.007 | 96 (82.8) | 141 (91.0) | 0.239 |
| Seldom | 89 (23.0) | 100 (25.5) | 72 (26.6) | 88 (37.1) | 17 (14.7) | 12 (7.7) | |||
| Often | 49 (12.7) | 36 (9.2) | 47 (17.3) | 35 (14.8) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (0.6) | |||
| Daily | 64 (16.5) | 32 (8.2) | 63 (23.2) | 31 (13.1) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.6) | |||
| Eating breakfast | |||||||||
| Never | 6 (1.9) | 6 (1.5) | 0.001 | 3 (1.4) | 6 (2.6) | 0.159 | 3 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| Seldom | 21 (6.7) | 9 (2.3) | 11 (5.0) | 7 (3.0) | 10 (10.8) | 2 (1.3) | |||
| Often | 42 (13.4) | 30 (7.7) | 29 (13.1) | 19 (8.1) | 13 (14.0) | 11 (7.2) | |||
| Daily | 245 (78.0) | 343 (88.4) | 178 (80.5) | 203 (86.4) | 67 (72.0) | 140 (91.5) | |||
*
Two-sided test.