Table 3.

General practitioner consultations attended and components of the unhealthy lifestyles index

Unhealthy lifestyle index component	% not seeing at least one general practitioner within 12 months	Mean count of consultations among those who attended at least one consultation with a general practitioner within 12 months
Tobacco smoking
Smoking within the past year (ref)	8.8%	7.1
Did not smoked within the last 12 months	7.8%***	6.9***
Alcohol
> = 2 alcoholic drinks a day (ref)	9.1%	5.9
< 2 alcoholic drinks a day	7.6%***	7.2***
MVPA †
< 30 minutes of MVPA on > =5 days a week (ref)	7.9%	7.2
> = 30 minutes of MVPA on > =5 days a week	8.2%**	6.4***
Fruit
< 2 fruit serves a day (ref)	8.6%	6.8
> = 2 fruit serves a day	7.4%***	7.0***
Vegetables
< 5 vegetables portions a day (ref)	8.0%	6.9
> = 5 vegetables portions a day	6.6%***	7.1***
Red and processed meat
<3 or >5 red meat or > 1 processed meat a week (ref)	8.7%	7.0
> = 3 & < =5 red meat or < = 1 processed meat a week	7.7%***	6.9
Milk
Whole or do not drink milk (ref)	9.4%	7.0
Low-fat/skim milk	6.8%***	6.9***
Fish
< 3 portions of fish a week (ref)	8.0%	6.9
> = 3 portions of fish a week	7.6%***	7.2***

^†MVPA: moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.

***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05.

For each component of the index we compared the means of the outcome variables to the mean in the reference category (individuals who do not meet the guidelines) and report the corresponding significance in terms of p-values.