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. 2014 Jan 2;9:1. doi: 10.1186/1747-597X-9-1

Table 3.

Relation between weight categories and age, diet quality index, smoking habit, physical activity and current drug use based on BMI classification

 
Underweight U M (SD) Normal N M (SD) Overweight Ov M (SD) Obesity Ob M (SD) Total M (SD) df F p Post hoc
  U v N U v Ov U v Ob N v Ov N v Ob Ov v Ob
Age (years)
19.72 (1.71)
19.83 (1.71)
20.26 (1.80)
20.54 (1.97)
19.91 (1.74)
3, 3299
12.547
0.001***
 
*
*
***
*
 
Physical activity (frequency)
2.60 (1.14)
2.87 (1.13)
2.91 (1.05)
2.65 (0.94)
2.86 (1.11)
3, 3262
3.341
0.018*
*
**
 
*
 
 
Diet Quality Index (frequency)
12.36 (2.22)
12.24 (2.11)
12.05 (2.14)
12.04 (1.89)
12.21 (2.12)
3, 3264
1.392
0.243
 
 
 
 
 
 
Overall drug use
1.53 (0.40)
1.60 (0.36)
1.65 (0.36)
1.72 (0.51)
1.60 (0.37)
3, 3226
6.961
0.001***
 
*
*
*
 
 
High-frequency drug use
2.27 (0.92)
2.53 (0.88)
2.65 (0.88)
2.63 (0.94)
2.54 (0.88)
3, 3260
6.797
0.001***
*
**
 
*
 
 
Medium-frequency drug use
1.27 (0.55)
1.22 (0.46)
1.24 (0.47)
1.45 (0.74)
1.23 (0.47)
3, 3267
5.293
0.001**
 
 
 
 
**
*
Low-frequency drug use 1.03 (0.12) 1.04 (0.16) 1.05 (0.17) 1.09 (0.35) 1.04 (0.17) 3, 3242 3.028 0.028*         *  

Total sample.

Note: Significance levels for each ANOVA and Scheffé’s post-hoc comparison are depicted by: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.005.