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

Table 5.

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)
19.91 (1.74)
19.96 (1.72)
20.53 (1.74)
21.15 (2.30)
20.03 (1.74)
3, 1483
7.892
0.001***
 
 
*
**
*
 
Physical activity (frequency)
2.49 (1.15)
2.53 (1.09)
2.51 (1.04)
2.60 (0.94)
2.53 (1.08)
3, 1466
0.089
0.966
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diet Quality Index (frequency)
12.31 (2.31)
12.18 (2.11)
12.29 (2.09)
13.00 (1.30)
12.21 (2.11)
3, 1466
1.135
0.334
 
 
 
 
 
 
Overall drug use
1.52 (0.38)
1.59 (0.37)
1.64 (0.35)
1.71 (0.47)
1.59 (0.37)
3, 1443
2.210
0.085
 
 
 
 
 
 
High-frequency drug use
2.24 (0.84)
2.47 (0.89)
2.62 (0.84)
2.48 (0.96)
2.47 (0.88)
3, 1462
3.055
0.028*
 
*
 
 
 
 
Medium-frequency drug use
1.29 (0.52)
1.27 (0.51)
1.27 (0.46)
1.60 (0.82)
1.28 (0.52)
3, 1462
2.688
0.045*
 
 
 
 
*
 
Low-frequency drug use 1.02 (0.08) 1.03 (0.16) 1.03 (0.11) 1.03 (0.11) 1.03 (0.15) 3, 1450 0.068 0.977            

Women.

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