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. 2021 Jun 10;25(1):65–75. doi: 10.1017/S136898002100255X

Table 2.

Lifestyle habits before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Variable Before During
Frequency of alcoholic beverage n 1323 n 1323
Median (Q1 – Q3) Frequency/week 0·5 0·00–1·00 0·5 0·00–1·00
P value 0·022 (Wilcoxon test)
Frequency % (n) Nondrinkers 26·3 % 348 29·8 % 395
Rarely 27·6 % 366 29·2 % 386
Once a week 23·1 % 305 16·9 % 224
2–3 times/week 20·9 % 277 18·4 % 243
4–6 times/week 1·6 % 22 4·9 % 65
Every day 0·5 % 5 0·8 % 10
P value <0·0001(McNemar–Bowker test: 96·38)
Dose of alcoholic beverage n 1354 n 1354
Median (Q1 – Q3) Dose per occasion 2·5 0·00–2·5 1·0 0·00–2·5
P value <0·0001(Wilcoxon test)
Frequency % (n) None 26·7 % 362 30·2 % 408
One dose 21·3 % 288 25·9 % 351
2–3 doses 22·2 % 395 26·3 % 356
4–5 doses 11·3 % 154 9·3 % 126
≥6 doses 11·5 % 155 8·3 % 113
P value <0·0001(McNemar–Bowker test: 77·551)
Cigarette n 1324 n 1324
Median (Q1 – Q3) Units/d 0·00 0·00–0·00 0·00 0·00–0·00
P value 0·227(Wilcoxon test)
Frequency % (n) Nonsmokers 94·8 % 1255 95·1 % 1259
<10 cigarettes/d 4·2 % 57 3·1 % 41
11–20 cigarettes/d 0·8 % 10 1·2 % 16
21–30 cigarettes/d 0·1 % 1 0·4 % 5
≥31 cigarettes/d 0·1 % 1 0·2 % 3
P value 0·007 (McNemar–Bowker test: 19·364)
Screen time n 1311 n 1311
Median (Q1 – Q3) h/d 6·50 3·00–6·50 10·00 6·50–10·50
P value <0·0001(Wilcoxon test)
Frequency % (n) <4 h/d 43·6 % 572 13·6 % 177
5–8 h/d 37·9 % 496 30·9 % 406
9–12 h/d 15·4 % 202 6·5 % 86
13–16 h/d 2·5 % 33 42·1 % 551
>16 h/d 0·6 % 8 6·9 % 91
P value <0·0001(McNemar–Bowker test: 804·910)
Physical activity n 1347 n 1347
Median (Q1 – Q3) Min/week 120·00 0·00–180·00 80·00 0·00–120·00
P value <0·0001(Wilcoxon test)
Frequency % (n) Sedentary 27·4 % 369 38·7 % 521
<90 min/week 16·4 % 221 21·8 % 294
91–150 min/week 20·9 % 282 16·2 % 218
161–210 min/week 14·6 % 197 10·9 % 147
211–270 min/week 8·5 % 113 5·7 % 77
>270 min/week 12·2 % 165 6·7 % 90
P value <0·0001(McNemar–Bowker test: 137·508)
Sleep time n 1352 n 1352
Median (Q1 – Q3) Hours 8:00 7:00–8:30 8:00 7:00–9:00
Time to sleep (h) 10:00 PM 11:00 PM–4:00 AM 9:30 PM 11:00 PM–1:00 AM
Time to wake up (h) 6:30 AM 6:00 AM–9:00 AM 7:30 AM 6:50 AM–9:00 AM
P value <0·0001(Wilcoxon test)

The number of volunteers differed between variables since not all people answered questions before and after.