Table 3.

Relationship between the participants’ demographic characteristics and total score of Health promoting lifestyle profile and its subscales

		HPLPa	Self-actualization	Health responsibility	Nutrition	Exercise	Stress management	Interpersonal relation
		Mean±SDb	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD
Gender	Male	126.88±18.24	30.44±5.61	26.08±5.71	18.66±3.73	11.73±3.60	18.60±4.27	20.81±4.05
	Female	23.45±20.66	30.19±5.88	25.61±6.66	18.74±3.34	11.09±3.96	17.58±3.90	20.23±4.35
	P value *	0.30	0.76	0.54	0.81	0.23	0.08	0.33
Marital status	Married	127.88±18.86	30.83±5.66	26.60±6.07	18.94±3.61	12.08±3.49	18.71±4.11	20.72±4.11
	Unmarried	114.52±16.22	28.33±5.43	23.07±5.01	17.50±3.33	9.12±3.79	16.33±3.86	20.17±4.36
	P value *	<0.001	0.01	<0.01	0.01	<0.001	<0.01	0.44
Chronic Disease	Yes	123.05±18.23	29.88±5.72	25.38±5.87	18.41±3.61	11.18±3.64	17.87±4.04	20.34±4.22
	No	136.97±19.38	32.81±4.92	28.72±6.18	19.97±3.27	13.25±3.72	20.22±4.29	22.00±3.52
	P value * ‎	<0.001	<0.01	<0.01	0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.02
Smoking status	Yes	122.86±20.80	28.98±6.22	25.59±6.48	18.19±4.09	11.64±3.78	18.18±4.70	20.29±4.28
	No	126.88±17.83	31.22±5.17	26.13±5.76	18.96±3.23	11.44±3.70	18.30±3.80	20.81±4.07
	P value * ‎	0.12	<0.01	0.51	0.12	0.71	0.82	0.36
Health Insurance	Yes	125.27±19.10	30.61±5.59	25.89±6.03	18.58±3.47	11.39±3.77	18.11±4.13	20.69±4.09
	No	125.78±19.39	28.13±6.14	26.17±6.25	19.35±4.57	12.65±3.21	19.52±4.31	19.96±4.71
	P value* ‎	0.90	0.05	0.83	0.33	0.12	0.12	0.42

^*Independent sample t-test;

^aHealth-Promoting Lifestyle Profile

^bStandard deviation