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. 2017 Jun 9;23(1):164–170. doi: 10.1080/13814788.2017.1324844

Table 1.

Sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric data by smoking status.

  Female
Male
  Non-smokers Former smokers Current smokers Non-smokers Former smokers Current smokers
Total population, n (%) 941 (66.5) 273 (19.3) 202 (14.3) 444 (34.5) 559 (43.4) 285 (22.1)
Age (years), mean (SD) 57.8 (13.9) 53.8 (12.6)* 49.5 (12.5)#& 57.2 (14.5) 57.6 (13.1) 50.1 (14)#&
Medium/high educational level, % 76.6 88.6* 89.6# 88.2 88.7 93.0#
Marital status, %   *(overall) #(overall)   *(overall) #&(overall)
 • Married 66.3 67.4 64.4 85.1 84.1 77.0
 • Single 5.5 9.2 11.9 7.5 4.1 14.1
 • Divorced 4.8 11.0 12.4 3.6 5.0 6.0
 • Widowed 23.4 12.5 11.4 3.8 6.8 2.8
Alcohol drinking (yes), % 29.7 48.5* 45.5# 74.3 79.5 79.9
Sedentariness, % 19.9 18.0 20.4 15.9 17.5 22.3#
Therapy non-compliance, % 22.6 19.9 28.6& 22.7 22.3 31.5#&
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) 28.9 (5.8) 28.8 (6.3) 27 (5.7)#& 28.3 (4.4) 29 (5)* 27.2 (4.6)#&
Overweight/obesity, % 73.4 71.1 55.9#& 77.3 81.4 68.1#&
Waist (cm), mean (SD) 95.2 (14.7) 94.2 (15.8) 89.8 (14.9)#& 101.5 (13.4) 104.2 (13.1)* 100.2 (13.6)&
Abdominal obesity, % 85.8 81.3 71.1#& 76.4 82.4* 68.3#&
*

P < 0.05 for former smokers versus non-smokers;

#

P < 0.05 for current smokers versus non-smokers;

&

P < 0.05 for current smokers versus former smokers;

%: percentage of participants; SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; waist: waist circumference.