Table 3.
Results for univariate tests with type of health-promoting lifestyle change as outcome in relation to background characteristics.
| Started to take folic acid |
Changes in tobacco use (decrease/stop) |
Change to more physical activity/healthier diet |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n = 266 (59.4) | No n = 182 (4.6) | P value | Yes n = 105 (23.4) | No n = 343 (76.6) | P value | Yes n = 186 (41.5) | No n = 262 (58.5) | P value | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 30.6 (4.8) | 29.9 (4.9) | 0.142 | 28.9 (4.8) | 30.7 (4.8) | 0.001 | 29.9 (5) | 30.5 (4.7) | 0.204 |
| Duration of infertility (years), mean (SD) | 1.5 (3.4) | 2.1 (1.9) | 0.028 | 1.74 (4.5) | 1.76 (2.3) | 0.958 | 2.0 (3.6) | 1.6 (2.3) | 0.192 |
| Household income/month (SEK), mean (SD) | 48,596 (21,466) | 41,321 (20,974) | 0.001 | 38,978 (20,749) | 47,719 (21,394) | <0.001 | 43,193 (22,706) | 47,434 (20,532) | 0.047 |
| Level of education, n (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.08 | ||||||
| College/university | 165 (68.2) | 77 (31.8) | 36 (14.9) | 206 (85.1) | 92 (38.0) | 150 (62.0) | |||
| Non-college/non-university | 98 (48.8) | 103 (51.2) | 68 (33.8) | 133 (66.2) | 93 (46.3) | 108 (53.7) | |||
| Occupation, n (%) | 0.21 | 0.005 | 0.29 | ||||||
| Working >50% | 220 (60.8) | 142 (39.2) | 75 (20.7) | 287 (79.3) | 146 (40.3) | 216 (59.7) | |||
| Not working | 46 (53.5) | 40 (46.5) | 30 (34.9) | 56 (65.1) | 40 (46.5) | 46 (53.5) | |||
| Current BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 24.2 (4.2) | 25.3 (5.8) | 0.036 | 24.4 (4.3) | 24.8 (5.0) | 0.531 | 26.4 (5.7) | 23.4 (3.8) | <0.001 |
| BMI (three categories), n (%) | 0.049 | 0.83 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Normal | 166 (60.8) | 107 (39.2) | 66 (24.2) | 207 (75.8) | 81 (29.7) | 192 (70.3) | |||
| Overweight | 68 (63.6) | 39 (36.4) | 23 (21.5) | 84 (78.5) | 59 (55.1) | 48 (44.9) | |||
| Obese | 25 (44.6) | 31 (55.4) | 14 (25.0) | 42 (75.0) | 42 (75.0) | 14 (25.0) | |||
| Country of birth, n (%) | 0.001 | 0.899 | 0.74 | ||||||
| Sweden | 237 (62.9) | 140 (37.1) | 87 (23.1) | 290 (76.9) | 158 (41.9) | 219 (58.1) | |||
| Born outside Sweden | 26 (41.3) | 37 (58.7) | 15 (23.8) | 48 (76.2) | 25 (39.7) | 38 (60.3) | |||
| Parents’ country of birth (one or both), n (%) | 0.008 | 0.31 | 0.48 | ||||||
| Born in Sweden | 225 (62.5) | 135 (37.5) | 86 (23.9) | 274 (76.1) | 154 (42.8) | 206 (57.2) | |||
| Born outside Sweden (one or both) | 36 (46.2) | 42 (53.8) | 16 (20.5) | 62 (79.5) | 30 (38.5) | 48 (61.5) | |||
| Understanding Swedish, n (%) | 0.07 | 0.58 | 0.31 | ||||||
| Very good | 249 (61.0) | 159 (39.0) | 94 (23.0) | 314 (77.0) | 173(42.4) | 235 (57.6) | |||
| Quite good/neither good nor bad | 15 (45.5) | 18 (54.5) | 9 (27.3) | 24 (72.7) | 11 (33.3) | 22 (66.7) | |||
| Information searching | <0.001 | 0.82 | 0.038 | ||||||
| 0–1 sites | 53 (19.9) | 62 (34.3) | 29 (27.6) | 86 (25.1) | 39 (21.0) | 76 (29.1) | |||
| 2 sites | 73 (27.4) | 61 (33.7) | 32 (30.5) | 102 (29.8) | 52 (28.0) | 82 (31.4) | |||
| ≥ 3 sites | 140 (52.6) | 58 (32.0) | 44 (41.9) | 154 (45.0) | 95 (51.1) | 103 (39.5) | |||
P values (bold information indicates significant values) are from chi-square and Student’s t tests.
BMI: body mass index; SD: standard deviation.