Table 2.
Distribution of modifiable risk factors by baseline characteristics
| Risk factors | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | Overweight/obesity (BMI > 25) | Sedentary lifestyle | Less than 3 servings fruit/veg | ||||||
| % | χ2 test (p) | % | χ2 test (p) | % | χ2 test (p) | % | χ2 test (p) | ||
| Gender | Female | 13.1% | 0.18 | 44.1% | < 0.01 | 26.3% | < 0.01 | 65.9% | 0.03 |
| Male | 16.4% | 65.0% | 16.9% | 74.1% | |||||
| Age | 10–19 y | 31.8% | < 0.01 | 14.3% | < 0.01 | 50.0% | < 0.01 | 75.0% | 0.05 |
| 20–29 y | 15.4% | 33.9% | 23.5% | 71.0% | |||||
| 30–39 y | 23.1% | 42.1% | 19.0% | 85.7% | |||||
| 40–49 y | 15.0% | 65.0% | 27.9% | 78.9% | |||||
| 50–59 y | 19.7% | 59.5% | 25.3% | 68.2% | |||||
| 60–69 y | 10.5% | 64.7% | 18.0% | 62.6% | |||||
| 70–79 y | 6.3% | 62.1% | 9.5% | 67.1% | |||||
| 80+ y | 3.0% | 60.6% | 15.4% | 79.2% | |||||
| Nationality | Italians | 13.0% | 0.01 | 55.5% | 0.97 | 20.0% | 0.14 | 67.9% | < 0.01 |
| Foreigners | 21.2% | 55.6% | 26.5% | 83.3% | |||||
| Education | None or Primary School | 16.2% | 0.31 | 58.1% | 0.02 | 14.3% | 0.57 | 70.6% | 0.99 |
| Lower Seconday School | 15.7% | 63.9% | 20.4% | 70.1% | |||||
| High School | 15.9% | 54.5% | 22.5% | 69.9% | |||||
| Degree | 10.1% | 46.4% | 21.1% | 71.4% | |||||
| Employment | Employed | 16.1% | < 0.01 | 58.0% | < 0.01 | 25.1% | 0.02 | 71.8% | 0.35 |
| Unemployed | 28.8% | 48.1% | 21.1% | 80.0% | |||||
| Retired | 7.3% | 63.2% | 13.8% | 64.7% | |||||
| Student | 18.6% | 34.0% | 28.6% | 71.4% | |||||
| Houskeeper | 5.3% | 52.6% | 22.2% | 71.4% | |||||