Table 1.
Characteristics of the respondents, stratified by gender
| General Japanesea | All | Men | Women | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 3132 | n = 1579 | n = 1553 | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Age, years | ||||||||
| 30–39 | 34.1 | 1072 | 34.2 | 540 | 34.2 | 532 | 34.3 | 0.919 |
| 40–49 | 35.0 | 1115 | 35.6 | 567 | 35.9 | 548 | 35.3 | |
| 50–59 | 30.9 | 945 | 30.2 | 472 | 29.9 | 473 | 30.5 | |
| mean ± SD | 44.2 ± 8.1 | 44.2 ± 8.1 | 44.1 ± 8.1 | 0.533 | ||||
| Living with family in household (no.) | ||||||||
| 0 (live single) | 32.4 | 555 | 17.7 | 365 | 23.1 | 190 | 12.2 | <0.001 |
| 1 | 27.2 | 701 | 22.4 | 290 | 18.4 | 411 | 26.5 | |
| 2 | 18.2 | 841 | 26.9 | 414 | 26.2 | 427 | 27.5 | |
| 3 | 14.4 | 707 | 22.6 | 344 | 21.8 | 363 | 23.4 | |
| 4≥ | 7.8 | 328 | 10.5 | 166 | 10.5 | 162 | 10.4 | |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | ||||||||
| <25 | 77.0 | 2478 | 79.1 | 1111 | 70.4 | 1367 | 88.0 | <0.001 |
| ≥25 | 23.0 | 654 | 20.9 | 468 | 29.6 | 186 | 12.0 | |
| mean ± SD | 22.5 ± 3.8 | 23.6 ± 3.8 | 21.4 ± 3.5 | <0.001 | ||||
| Household motor vehicles (no.) | ||||||||
| 0 | 18.0 | 723 | 23.1 | 368 | 23.3 | 355 | 22.9 | 0.737 |
| 1 | 42.9 | 1385 | 44.2 | 705 | 44.6 | 680 | 43.8 | |
| ≥2 | 39.1 | 1024 | 32.7 | 506 | 32.0 | 518 | 33.4 | |
| Household income | ||||||||
| <3 million yen | 32.7 | 981 | 31.3 | 501 | 31.7 | 480 | 30.9 | 0.831 |
| 3–7 million yen | 40.5 | 1291 | 41.2 | 643 | 40.7 | 648 | 41.7 | |
| ≥7million yen | 26.8 | 860 | 27.5 | 435 | 27.5 | 425 | 27.4 | |
| Educational level | ||||||||
| Junior high or high school graduation | 65.3 | 827 | 26.4 | 412 | 26.1 | 415 | 26.7 | <0.001 |
| 2 years college degree or equivalent | 14.8 | 865 | 27.6 | 257 | 16.3 | 608 | 39.2 | |
| 4 years college or higher degree | 19.9 | 1440 | 46 | 910 | 57.6 | 530 | 34.1 | |
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Non full time worker | 43.4 | 1465 | 46.8 | 375 | 23.7 | 1090 | 70.2 | <0.001 |
| Full time woker | 56.6 | 1667 | 53.2 | 1204 | 76.3 | 463 | 29.8 | |
| Physical activity | ||||||||
| Work | ||||||||
| Inactive | – | 2614 | 83.5 | 1276 | 80.8 | 1338 | 86.2 | <0.001 |
| Active | – | 518 | 16.5 | 303 | 19.2 | 215 | 13.8 | |
| Travel | ||||||||
| Inactive | – | 1724 | 55.0 | 877 | 55.5 | 847 | 54.5 | 0.573 |
| Active | – | 1408 | 45.0 | 702 | 44.5 | 706 | 45.5 | |
| Recreation | ||||||||
| Inactive | – | 2334 | 74.5 | 1127 | 71.4 | 1207 | 77.7 | <0.001 |
| Active | – | 798 | 25.5 | 452 | 28.6 | 346 | 22.3 | |
| Total | ||||||||
| Inactive | – | 1737 | 55.5 | 818 | 51.8 | 919 | 59.2 | <0.001 |
| Active | – | 1395 | 44.5 | 761 | 48.2 | 634 | 40.8 | |
SD Standard deviation
a: age, living with household, educatinal status, employment status: Basic Resident Register 2010; BMI: National Health and Nutrition Survey2012; Household motor vehicles: Market Trend Survey Passenger Vehicles 2013; Household income: Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions 2012