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. 2022 Jun 1;10:892233. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.892233

Table 2.

Lifestyle characteristics of DS users.

Overall (%) All participants Poland (n = 1,317) Germany (n = 1,184) United Kingdom (n = 1,087)
Female Male Female Male Female Male
n = 3,588 1,030 (78.21)B 287 (21.79)a 994 (83.95)A 190 (16.05)b 911 (83.81)A 176 (16.19)b
Activity amount
<1x/week 1,070 (29.82) 355 (34.47)A 74 (25.78)a 274 (27.57)B 43 (22.63)a 268 (29.42)AB 56 (31.82)a
1x/week 623 (17.36) 196 (19.03)AB 56 (19.51)a 209 (21.03)A 29 (15.26)ab 120 (13.17)B 13 (7.39)b
2–3x/week 1,087 (30.29) 307 (29.81)A 74 (25.78)a 313 (31.49)A 61 (32.11)a 279 (30.63)A 53 (30.11)a
4–5x/week 626 (17.45) 126 (12.23)B 62 (21.60)a 158 (15.89)AB 38 (20.00)a 199 (21.84)A 43 (24.43)a
6+/week 182 (5.07) 46 (4.47)A 21 (7.32)a 40 (4.02)A 19 (10.00)a 45 (4.94)A 11 (6.25)a
Training sport
Yes 1,957 (54.54) 518 (50.29)A 178 (62.02)a 539 (54.23)A 120 (63.16)a 507 (55.65)A 95 (53.98)a
No 1631 (45.46) 512 (49.71)A 109 (37.98)a 455 (45.77)A 70 (36.84)a 404 (44.35)A 81 (46.02)a
Sport level
Amateur 851 (23.72) 228 (22.14)A 87 (30.31)a 202 (20.32)A 55 (28.95)a 242 (26.56)A 37 (21.02)a
Recreational 1,023 (28.51) 275 (26.70)A 77 (26.83)a 319 (32.09)A 55 (28.95)a 249 (27.33)A 48 (27.27)a
Competitive 83 (2.31) 15 (1.56)A 14 (4.8)a 18 (1.81)A 10 (5.26)a 16 (1.76)A 10 (5.68)a
Sleep problems
Daily 431 (12.01) 120 (11.65)A 32 (11.15)a 125 (12.58)A 17 (8.95)a 120 (13.17)A 17 (9.66)a
A few/week 914 (25.47) 252 (24.47)A 69 (24.04)a 240 (24.14)A 41 (21.58)a 263 (28.87)A 49 (27.84)a
A few/month 710 (19.79) 209 (20.29)A 48 (16.72)a 207 (20.82)A 38 (20.00)a 181 (19.87)A 27 (15.34)a
A few/year 56 (1.56) 14 (1.36)A 7 (2.44)a 15 (1.51)A 1 (0.53)a 18 (1.98)A 1 (0.57)a
No 1,477 (41.16) 435 (42.23)A 131 (45.64)a 407 (40.95)A 93 (48.95)a 329 (36.11)A 82 (46.59)a
Sleep hours
<5 h 81 (2.26) 20 (1.94)A 7 (2.44)a 22 (2.21)A 3 (1.58)a 25 (2.74)A 4 (2.27)a
5–6 h 1,107 (30.85) 299 (29.03)A 96 (33.45)a 293 (29.48)A 60 (31.58)a 287 (31.50)A 72 (40.91)a
7–8 h 2,161 (60.23) 634 (61.55)A 167 (58.19)a 612 (61.57)A 121 (63.68)a 534 (58.62)A 93 (52.84)a
9–10 h 223 (6.22) 74 (7.18)A 14 (4.88)a 62 (6.24)A 5 (2.63)a 61 (6.70)A 7 (3.98)a
>10 h 16 (0.45) 3 (0.29)A 3 (1.05)a 5 (0.50)A 1 (0.53)a 4 (0.44)A 0 (0.00)a
Work hours
I don't work 361 (10.06) 142 (13.79)A 10 (3.48)a 115 (11.57)AB 1 (0.53)a 90 (9.88)B 3 (1.70)a
<8 585 (16.30) 167 (16.21)A 31 (10.80)a 202 (20.32)A 16 (8.42)a 154 (16.90)A 15 (8.52)a
8 1,271 (35.42) 429 (41.65)A 88 (30.66)a 341 (34.31)B 65 (34.21)a 300 (32.93)B 48 (27.27)a
9–10 877 (24.44) 188 (18.25)B 99 (34.49)a 238 (23.94)AB 70 (36.84)a 225 (24.70)A 57 (32.39)a
11–12 354 (9.87) 79 (7.67)A 37 (12.89)a 75 (7.55)A 27 (14.21)a 98 (10.76)A 38 (21.59)a
12+ 140 (3.90) 25 (2.43)A 22 (7.67)a 23 (2.31)A 11 (5.79)a 44 (4.83)A 15 (8.52)a
Daily cigarettes intake
No 2,848 (79.37) 848 (82.33)A 203 (70.73)a 798 (80.28)A 130 (68.42)a 740 (81.23)A 129 (73.30)a
<5 280 (7.80) 81 (7.86)A 32 (11.15)a 65 (6.54)A 13 (6.84)a 78 (8.56)A 11 (6.25)a
5–10 250 (6.97) 65 (6.31)A 18 (6.27)a 74 (7.44)A 17 (8.95)a 57 (6.26)A 19 (10.80)a
11–20 174 (4.85) 32 (3.11)A 29 (10.10)a 46 (4.63)A 16 (8.42)a 35 (3.84)A 16 (9.09)a
20+ 36 (1.00) 4 (0.39)A 5 (1.74)a 11 (1.11)A 14 (7.37)a 1 (0.11)A 1 (0.57)a
Alcohol consumption
Yes 2,254 (62.82) 632 (61.36)A 230 (80.14)a 556 (55.94)B 135 (71.05)a 575 (63.12)A 126 (71.59)a
No 1,334 (37.18) 398 (38.64)AB 57 (19.86)a 438 (44.06)A 55 (28.95)a 336 (36.88)B 50 (28.41)a
Weekly alcohol intake*
Beer (bottle 500 ml) 1.58 ± 2.80 0.65A ± 1.53 2.21a ± 3.03 0.43B ± 1.29 2.90a ± 4.77 0.69A ± 1.62 2.80a ± 4.80
Wine (glass 175 ml) 1.06 ± 2.38 1.20A ± 2.21 1.12a ± 2.64 1.13A ± 2.26 1.15ab ± 3.12 1.06A ± 2.18 0.57b ± 1.40
Vodka (glass 50 ml) 1.20 ± 2.93 0.58A ± 2.09 2.60a ± 4.84 0.31B ± 1.31 1.52b ± 3.93 0.53A ± 1.74 1.30b ± 2.55
Daily coffeecups intake
No 608 (16.95) 169 (16.41)A 51 (17.77)a 182 (18.31)A 27 (14.21)a 153 (16.79)A 26 (14.77)a
Occasionally 281 (7.83) 82 (7.96)A 25 (8.71)a 73 (7.34)A 13 (6.84)a 71 (7.79)A 17 (9.66)a
1 814 (22.69) 253 (24.56)A 52 (18.12)a 217 (21.83)A 29 (15.26)a 216 (23.71)A 47 (26.70)a
2–3 1,603 (44.68) 466 (45.24)A 121 (42.16)a 435 (43.76)A 86 (45.26)a 423 (46.43)A 72 (40.91)a
4–5 236 (6.58) 56 (5.44)AB 32 (11.15)a 70 (7.04)A 30 (15.79)a 34 (3.73)B 14 (7.95)a
5+ 46 (1.28) 4 (0.39)A 6 (2.09)a 17 (1.71)A 5 (2.63)a 14 (1.54)A 0 (0.00)a

ABCValues with different letters in the same row are significantly different at p <0.05 in the female group (Kruskal–Wallis test). abcValues with different letters in the same row are significantly different at p <0.05 in the male group (Kruskal–Wallis test).

*Amount of alcohol per portion.