Table 1.
Characteristics | Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
P-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | N | % | ||
Age | 0.002 | ||||||
<50 years old | 165 | 76.0 | 171 | 87.7 | 336 | 81.6 | |
≥50 years old | 52 | 24.0 | 24 | 12.3 | 76 | 18.4 | |
Education | 0.176 | ||||||
Until high school | 58 | 26.7 | 41 | 21.0 | 99 | 24.0 | |
Higher education | 159 | 73.3 | 154 | 79.0 | 313 | 76.0 | |
Race/color | 0.605 | ||||||
White | 127 | 58.5 | 119 | 61 | 246 | 59.7 | |
Non-white* | 90 | 41.5 | 76 | 39 | 166 | 40.3 | |
Marital status** | 0.0001 | ||||||
Living with life partner‡ | 157 | 72.4 | 103 | 53.1 | 260 | 63.3 | |
Not living with life partner§ | 60 | 27.6 | 91 | 46.9 | 151 | 36.7 | |
Socioeconomic class† | 0.712 | ||||||
A/B | 123 | 56.7 | 107 | 54.9 | 230 | 55.8 | |
C/D | 84 | 43.3 | 88 | 45.1 | 182 | 44.2 | |
Working hours | 0.484 | ||||||
<6 hours/day | 85 | 39.2 | 83 | 42.6 | 168 | 40.8 | |
≥8 hours/day | 132 | 60.8 | 112 | 57.4 | 244 | 59.2 | |
Alcohol consumption | 0.0001 | ||||||
Drinks or has drunk in the past | 174 | 80.2 | 117 | 60.0 | 291 | 70.6 | |
Does not drink | 43 | 19.8 | 78 | 40.0 | 121 | 29.4 | |
Tobacco use | 0.002 | ||||||
Smokes or has smoked in the past | 85 | 39.2 | 48 | 24.7 | 133 | 32.4 | |
Does not smoke | 132 | 60.8 | 146 | 75.3 | 278 | 67.6 | |
Physical activity | 0.658 | ||||||
Active | 111 | 51.2 | 104 | 53.3 | 215 | 52.2 | |
Inactive | 106 | 48.8 | 91 | 46.7 | 197 | 47.8 |
Notes: Chi-square test; n=412;
non-white individuals included those of indigenous race and those with black, brown, or yellow skin color;
N=411;
lives with partner – married or not;
does not live with a partner – single, separated, divorced, or widowed.
Socioeconomic class is classified on a scale ranging from A (highest) to E (lowest) using the Economic Classification Criterion of Brazil, which assesses the presence and quantity of some household items and the level of education of the head of the household. Study undertaken in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2016.