Table 2.
Self-reported military exposures and health-related indicators of participants
| Variable | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Military exposures | ||
| Past deployment status | ||
| Deployment experience | 233 | 21.51 |
| No deployment experience | 850 | 78.49 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||
| < 18.5 | 34 | 3.14 |
| 18.5~ 23.9 | 714 | 65.93 |
| 24.0~ 27.9 | 288 | 26.59 |
| ≥ 28.0 | 47 | 4.34 |
| Health-related behaviors | ||
| Smoking | ||
| Smoked<20cigarettes/day | 501 | 46.26 |
| Smoked≥20cigarettes/day | 63 | 5.82 |
| Never smoked | 463 | 42.75 |
| Past smokers | 56 | 5.17 |
| Drinking | ||
| Everyday or almost everyday | 52 | 4.80 |
| Frequent | 209 | 19.30 |
| Occasional | 628 | 57.99 |
| Never | 194 | 17.91 |
| Binge drinking | ||
| Everyday or almost everyday | 18 | 1.66 |
| Frequent | 108 | 9.97 |
| Occasional | 382 | 35.27 |
| Never | 575 | 53.10 |
Note: everyday or almost everyday = 6–7 times/week; Frequent = 1–5 times/week; Occasional = 3 times or below/month