Table 2.
Lifestyle Behaviors by BMI Quartile.
| Male (n = 391) | Female (n = 537) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1
14.5 ≤ bmi < 22.8 |
Q2
22.8 ≤ bmi < 26.2 |
Q3
26.2 ≤ bmi < 30.3 |
Q4
30.3 ≤ bmi ≤ 52.3 |
Q1
13.9 ≤ bmi < 25.6 |
Q2
25.6 ≤ bmi < 30.1 |
Q3
30.1 ≤ bmi < 33.8 |
Q4
33.8 ≤ bmi < 61.1 |
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| n
131 |
%
24.4 |
n
137 |
%
25.5 |
n
133 |
%
24.4 |
n
138 |
%
25.7 |
p-value | n
131 |
%
24.4 |
n
137 |
%
25.5 |
n
131 |
%
24.4 |
n
138 |
%
25.7 |
p-value | ||
| Dietary habit (stage) | |||||||||||||||||||
| I am not interested in change | 6 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 5 | 5.2 | 0.458 | 6 | 4.6 | 6 | 4.4 | 3 | 2.3 | 6 | 4.4 | 0.087 | |
| I am going to change the behavior in 6 months | 8 | 8.3 | 11 | 11.3 | 14 | 14.0 | 12 | 12.4 | 17 | 13.0 | 26 | 19.0 | 15 | 11.5 | 13 | 9.4 | |||
| I am ready to take action within the next 30 days | 58 | 59.8 | 62 | 63.9 | 62 | 62.0 | 54 | 55.7 | 74 | 56.5 | 84 | 61.3 | 85 | 64.9 | 99 | 71.7 | |||
| I have changed the behavior more than 6 months ago | 25 | 25.8 | 24 | 24.7 | 20 | 20.0 | 26 | 26.8 | 34 | 26.0 | 21 | 15.3 | 28 | 21.4 | 20 | 14.5 | |||
| Physical activity habit (stage) | |||||||||||||||||||
| I am not interested in change | 7 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 5.2 | 0.179 | 5 | 3.8 | 3 | 2.2 | 3 | 2.3 | 7 | 5.1 | 0.022 | |
| I am going to change the behavior in 6 months | 7 | 7.2 | 10 | 10.3 | 17 | 17.0 | 11 | 11.3 | 18 | 13.7 | 23 | 16.8 | 16 | 12.2 | 17 | 12.3 | |||
| I am ready to take action within the next 30 days | 57 | 58.8 | 61 | 62.9 | 59 | 59.0 | 58 | 59.8 | 75 | 57.3 | 89 | 65.0 | 85 | 64.9 | 103 | 74.6 | |||
| I have changed the behavior more than 6 months ago | 26 | 26.8 | 26 | 26.8 | 21 | 21.0 | 23 | 23.7 | 33 | 25.2 | 22 | 16.1 | 27 | 20.6 | 11 | 8.0 | |||
| Smoking (currently) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 55 | 56.7 | 42 | 43.3 | 39 | 39.0 | 26 | 26.8 | 0.0004 | 15 | 11.5 | 18 | 13.1 | 16 | 12.2 | 22 | 15.9 | 0.714 | |
| No | 42 | 43.3 | 55 | 56.7 | 61 | 61.0 | 71 | 73.2 | 116 | 88.6 | 119 | 86.9 | 115 | 87.8 | 116 | 84.1 | |||
| Alcohol consumption (past 12 months) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dairy | 7 | 7.2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.042 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.724 | |
| 5–6 days a week | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1–4 days a week | 9 | 9.3 | 9 | 9.3 | 14 | 14.0 | 7 | 7.2 | 2 | 1.5 | 3 | 2.2 | 2 | 1.5 | 3 | 2.2 | |||
| 1–3 days per month | 21 | 21.7 | 23 | 23.7 | 16 | 16.0 | 12 | 12.4 | 7 | 5.3 | 6 | 4.4 | 5 | 3.8 | 11 | 8.0 | |||
| Less than once a month/never | 59 | 60.8 | 64 | 66.0 | 66 | 66.0 | 75 | 77.3 | 121 | 92.4 | 128 | 93.4 | 124 | 94.7 | 124 | 81.0 | |||
Data are expressed as number and percent (%). The p-values were calculated using chi-square test.