Table 3.

Mean, standard deviation and significance level of health-promoting lifestyle profile 2 and its subscales, separated by gender and total number of nursing students

Subscale	Range	Female (n=297)	Male (n=107)	Total (n=404)	P value
Nutrition	1-4	2.63±0.41	2.48±0.47	2.59±0.43	0.002
Physical activity	1-4	1.96±0.51	2.23±0.62	2.03±0.55	0.001
Interpersonal relationship	1-4	2.99±0.39	2.80±0.42	2.94±0.41	0.001
Health responsibility	1-4	2.43±0.49	2.31±0.48	2.40±0.49	0.03
Spiritual growth	1-4	2.90±0.52	2.83±0.55	2.88±0.53	0.226
Stress management	1-4	2.42±0.43	2.35±0.50	2.40±0.45	0.178
Total behaviors	1-4	2.57±0.34	2.51±0.37	2.55±0.35	0.116