Table 2.
Lifestyle characteristics among participants according to menopausal status.
| Premenopausal 213 (39.37) | Postmenopausal 328 (60.63) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Controls | p-Value | Cases | Controls | p-Value | |
| 80 (37.56) | 133 (62.44) | 117 (35.67) | 211 (64.33) | |||
| Physical activity level * | 0.011 | 0.021 | ||||
| Active | 29 (36.25) | 73 (54.89) | 52 (44.44) | 123 (58.29) | ||
| Sedentary | 51 (63.75) | 60 (45.11) | 65 (55.56) | 88 (41.71) | ||
| Cigarette consumption (units/day) | 16.18 ± 9.99 | 8.72 ± 4.90 | <0.005 | 17.59 ± 12.48 | 9.22 ± 6.31 | <0.001 |
| Smoking habit * | 0.271 | 0.005 | ||||
| Never smoker | 58 (72.50) | 108 (81.20) | 57 (48.72) | 141 (66.82) | ||
| Smoker | 6 (7.50) | 5 (3.76) | 12 (10.26) | 12 (5.69) | ||
| Ex-smoker | 16 (20.00) | 20 (15.04) | 48 (41.03) | 58 (27.49) | ||
| Ethanol consumption (g/day) | 1.59 ± 1.04 | 0.82 ± 0.35 | <0.001 | 1.44 ± 0.76 | 0.90 ± 0.39 | <0.001 |
| Alcoholic habit * | 0.001 | 0.016 | ||||
| Not | 33 (41.25) | 86 (64.66) | 65 (55.56) | 146 (69.19) | ||
| Yes | 47 (58.75) | 47 (35.34) | 52 (44.44) | 65 (30.81) | ||
Values presented in absolute (n) and relative (%) or mean ± standard deviation frequencies. p-value–Pearson’s chi-square test (* Fisher’s exact two-tailed test or Mann–Whitney test). Significance level of 5%.