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. 2022 May 19;22:1011. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13413-4

Table 2.

Lifestyle factors in initial study and distribution of PWB after 10 years in gender groups

Lifestyle factors Men Women
Improved PWB Deteriorated PWB Improved PWB Deteriorated PWB
Smoking status, %
 Current 21.7 26.6* 10.5 9.4
 Former 27.9 29.9 8.6 6.8
 Never 50.5 43.5* 80.9 83.8
Cigarettes, number per day, mean (SD) 17.7 (10.9) 16.3 (9.9) 7.5 (6.3) 8.7 (7.2)
Alcohol consumption, %
 Every day 5.7 5.3 1.0 1.2
 2–4 times per week 14.5 17.8 2.9 2.6
 Once a week 19.5 16.0 7.8 8.6
 1–3 times per month 34.0 36.6 35.6 35.7
 Less than once a month 21.4 20.5 47.0 46.6
 Never 4.8 3.8 5.7 5.4
Alcohol consumption, SAU per week, mean (SD) 5.31 (7.21) 6.12 (10.9) 1.65 (2.28) 1.38 (2.36*)
Physically active, % 71.7 71.2 79.1 82.8
Physical activity in leisure time, hours per week, mean (SD) 18.6 (13.0) 17.7 (11.7) 19.9 (11.9) 20.8 (11.9)
Nutrition habits %
 More frequent fresh vegetables, fruit consumption 45.5 45.5 61.1 61.5
 More frequent sweets consumption 50.2 51.1 50.7 48.7
 More frequent porridge, cereals, curd, and cheese consumption 39.5 36.9 65.1 61.6
 More frequent potatoes, meat, boiled vegetables, and eggs consumption 63.8 61.5 43.4 44.3
 More frequent chicken and fish consumption 51.0 57.3* 46.1 51.7*
Social activity, %
 Low 25.2 27.8 23.8 21.9
 Moderate 37.6 32.5 37.3 41.6
 High 37.1 39.7 38.9 36.5

SAU standard alcohol units (drinks), PWB psychological well-being

*p < 0.05

**p < 0.01

***p < 0.001 compared to improved PWB group