Table 6.
Health related behaviours of general population (n=1042)
| Health related behaviours | N (%) |
| Salty diet | |
| Light | 502 (48.2) |
| More salty | 513 (49.2) |
| Very salty | 27 (2.6) |
| Consumption of pickled foods | |
| Never | 97 (9.3) |
| Occasionally | 848 (81.4) |
| Usual | 97 (9.3) |
| Consumption of vegetables (daily) | |
| >500 g | 108 (10.4) |
| 300–500 g | 554 (53.2) |
| <300 g | 380 (36.5) |
| Consumption of fruits (daily) | |
| >350 g | 95 (9.1) |
| 200–350 g | 394 (37.8) |
| <200 g | 553 (53.1) |
| Dessert intake (daily) | |
| Never | 298 (28.6) |
| Occasionally | 686 (65.8) |
| Usual | 58 (5.6) |
| Using anti-HP toothpaste | |
| Never | 941 (90.3) |
| Occasionally | 97 (9.3) |
| Usual | 4 (0.4) |
| Times of brushing teeth | |
| >3 times/day | 3 (0.3) |
| 3 times/day | 51 (4.9) |
| 2 times/day | 735 (70.5) |
| 1 time/day | 253 (24.3) |
| Drinking unboiled water (well or river water) | |
| Never | 772 (74.1) |
| Occasionally | 219 (21.0) |
| Usual | 51 (4.9) |
| Regular diet | |
| Regular | 549 (52.7) |
| Suboptimal | 407 (39.1) |
| Irregular | 86 (8.3) |
| Eating out | |
| Never | 55 (5.3) |
| Occasionally | 784 (75.2) |
| Usual | 203 (19.5) |
| Group dining | |
| Never | 74 (7.1) |
| Occasionally | 550 (52.8) |
| Usual | 418 (40.1) |
| Use of serving spoons and chopsticks | |
| Never | 422 (40.5) |
| Occasionally | 478 (45.9) |
| Usual | 142 (13.6) |
| Tableware disinfection | |
| 1 time/day | 198 (19.0) |
| 3–5 times/week | 114 (10.9) |
| 1–2 times/week | 270 (25.9) |
| Never | 460 (44.1) |
| Habit of washing hands before meals and after going to the toilet | |
| Every time | 736 (70.6) |
| Usual | 225 (21.6) |
| Sometimes | 81 (7.8) |
| Smoking | |
| Never | 821 (78.8) |
| Ever | 81 (7.8) |
| At present | 140 (13.4) |
| Drinking | |
| Never | 674 (64.7) |
| Ever | 276 (26.5) |
| At present | 92 (8.8) |