Table 5.
Compliance with lifestyle recommendations according to body fat (BF) classification in the population under study: students of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), EHU12/24 study
(Mean values and standard deviations, percentages)
| Total (n 26 165) | Men (n 10 607) | Women (n 15 558) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal BF% (n 22 391) | Excessive BF% (n 3375) | P * | Normal BF% (n 8902) | Excessive BF% (n 1705) | P * | Normal BF% (n 13 489) | Excessive BF% (n 2069) | P * | |
| Mean or % | Mean or % | Mean or % | Mean or % | Mean or % | Mean or % | ||||
| PA level, % | |||||||||
| High | 25·1 | 17·9 | 44·9 | 18·6 | 12·0 | 17·2 | |||
| Moderate | 58·6 | 68·2 | 48·0 | 69·7 | 65·6 | 67·0 | |||
| Low | 16·3 | 13·9 | <0·001 | 7·1 | 11·7 | <0·001 | 22·4 | 15·8 | <0·001 |
| Sitting time, classification, % | |||||||||
| Adequate | 1·0 | – | 1·4 | – | 0·7 | – | |||
| Barely adequate | 47·8 | 49·1 | 48·3 | 40·1 | 47·5 | 56·8 | |||
| Inadequate | 51·2 | 50·9 | <0·001 | 50·3 | 59·9 | <0·001 | 51·8 | 43·2 | <0·001 |
| Alcohol consumption, classification, % | |||||||||
| Abstemious | 15·5 | 14·6 | 13·5 | 17·8 | 16·8 | 12·0 | |||
| Moderate | 59·0 | 56·8 | 73·9 | 66·8 | 49·1 | 48·5 | |||
| High | 25·6 | 28·7 | <0·001 | 12·6 | 15·5 | <0·001 | 34·1 | 39·5 | <0·001 |
| Sleep duration per night, classification, % | |||||||||
| Adequate | 63·3 | 54·2 | 61·8 | 57·8 | 64·4 | 51·3 | |||
| Barely adequate | 32·5 | 41·3 | 33·2 | 35·3 | 32·1 | 46·2 | |||
| Inadequate | 4·1 | 4·5 | <0·001 | 5·0 | 6·9 | <0·001 | 3·5 | 2·6 | <0·001 |
| Lifestyle score (0–5 points) | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·001 | ||||||
| Mean | 1·4 | 1·3 | 1·6 | 1·4 | 1·3† | 1·3† | |||
| sd | 0·5 | 0·5 | 0·5 | 0·4 | 0·5 | 0·5 | |||
PA, physical activity.
*
Differences between normal BF and excess BF.
†
Differences were found between women with normal BF% and with excessive BF% (1·29 (0·46); 1·33 (0·47)).