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. 2020 Sep 1;27(9):1010–1018. doi: 10.5551/jat.52225

Table 2. Lifestyle characteristics of 20,920 participants.

Men
Women
Non-MetS MetS p value Non-MetS MetS p value
Participants 6,132 2,678 10,719 1,391
Evacuee (%) 2,750 (44.9) 1,214 (45.3) 0.67 4,751 (44.3) 621 (44.6) 0.82
Smoking status
    Current smoker (%) 1,927 (31.6) 647 (24.3) < 0.01 808 (7.8) 73 (5.5) < 0.01
    Quit smoker (%) 2,659 (43.7) 1,391 (52.3) < 0.01 679 (6.5) 105 (7.9) 0.06
Drinking status
    < 44 g/day (%) 3,172 (51.9) 1,328 (49.7) 0.06 3,101 (29.4) 295 (21.7) < 0.01
    ≥ 44 g/day (%) 1,311 (21.5) 586 (22.0) 0.61 238 (2.3) 17 (1.3) 0.02
Physical activity
    < 4 times a week (%) 4,997 (82.2) 2,185 (82.6) 0.73 9,227 (87.2) 1,214 (88.7) 0.11
Change of job 3,558 (59.1) 1,502 (57.3) 0.13 5,777 (56.5) 701 (54.3) 0.14
Unemployment 1,403 (22.9) 644 (24.1) 0.23 2,813 (26.3) 339 (24.4) 0.13
Sleep dissatisfaction (%) 3,140 (60.1) 1,335 (59.2) 0.43 6,578 (72.7) 818 (71.5) 0.38
Psychological distress (K6 ≥ 13) 700 (11.4) 304 (11.4) 0.93 1,788 (16.7) 243 (17.5) 0.46
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PCL-S ≥ 44) 1,030 (16.8) 516 (19.3) < 0.01 2,486 (23.2) 394 (28.3) < 0.01

MetS, metabolic syndrome; K6, Kessler 6-item scale; PCL-S, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist.