Table 1.
Gender, age group, educational level, geographical area, and BMI status by lifestyle pattern.
| Characteristics | Mixed Diet-Physically Active-Low Sedentary Lifestyle Pattern | Not Poor Diet-Low Physical Activity-Low Sedentary Lifestyle Pattern | Poor Diet-Low Physical Activity-Sedentary Lifestyle Pattern | All | χ2 | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | |||
| All | 210 | 13.0 | 1020 | 63.3 | 381 | 23.6 | 1611 | ||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Men | 151 | 71.9 | 423 | 41.5 | 204 | 53.5 | 778 | 70.1 | 0.000 |
| Women | 59 | 28.1 | 597 | 58.5 | 177 | 46.5 | 833 | ||
| Age group | |||||||||
| 18–30 years | 61 | 29.0 | 213 | 20.9 | 139 | 36.5 | 413 | 60.3 | 0.000 |
| 31–49 years | 110 | 52.4 | 487 | 47.7 | 183 | 48.0 | 780 | ||
| 50–64 years | 39 | 18.6 | 320 | 31.4 | 59 | 15.5 | 418 | ||
| Educational level | 27.8 | 0.000 | |||||||
| Primary or less | 55 | 26.2 | 304 | 29.8 | 73 | 19.2 | 432 | ||
| Secondary | 95 | 45.2 | 507 | 49.7 | 189 | 49.6 | 791 | ||
| Higher | 60 | 28.6 | 209 | 20.5 | 119 | 31.2 | 388 | ||
| Geographical area | |||||||||
| North-northwest | 36 | 17.1 | 166 | 16.3 | 74 | 19.4 | 276 | 4.7 | 0.577 |
| Eastern-Mediterranean | 70 | 33.3 | 350 | 34.3 | 127 | 33.3 | 547 | ||
| Center | 48 | 22.9 | 233 | 22.8 | 96 | 25.2 | 377 | ||
| South | 56 | 26.7 | 271 | 26.6 | 84 | 22.0 | 411 | ||
| BMI status | |||||||||
| Normal weight | 88 | 41.9 | 385 | 37.7 | 177 | 46.5 | 650 | 17.3 | 0.002 |
| Overweight | 90 | 42.9 | 386 | 37.8 | 136 | 35.7 | 612 | ||
| Obese | 32 | 15.2 | 249 | 24.4 | 68 | 17.8 | 349 | ||
Pearson’s chi-square tests were used to investigate the differences in cluster distribution by gender, age group, education level, geographical area, and BMI status.