Table 2.
Behavioral risk factors distribution among exposure and unexposure groups
| Risk factors | Dedalo participants (%) (n = 155) | Controls (%) (n = 214) | Total (%) (n = 369) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI | ||||
| < 25 | 92 (59.4%) | 106 (49.5%) | 198 (53.7%) | 0.157a |
| 25 – 29 | 47 (30.3%) | 77 (36.0%) | 124 (33.6%) | |
| ≥ 30 | 16 (10.3%) | 31 (14.5%) | 47 (12.7%) | |
| Fruit/vegetable portions | ||||
| ≥ 5 | 33 (21.3%) | 17 (7.9%) | 50 (13.5%) | < 0.001b |
| < 5 | 122 (78.7%) | 197 (92.1%) | 319 (86.5%) | |
| Smoke | ||||
| Never | 101 (65.6%) | 99 (46.2%) | 200 (54.4%) | < 0.001a |
| Ex-smoker | 45 (29.2%) | 59 (27.6%) | 104 (28.3%) | |
| Current smoker | 8 (5.2%) | 56 (26.2%) | 64 (17.4%) | |
| Minutes/week of moderate physical activity | ||||
| ≥ 150 | 59 (40.0%) | 62 (25.6%) | 121 (32.8%) | 0.014b |
| < 150 | 155 (60.0%) | 93 (72.4%) | 248 (67.2%) | |
| Minutes/week of intense physical activity | ||||
| ≥ 75 | 14 (9.0%) | 35 (16.4%) | 49 (13.3%) | 0.044b |
| < 75 | 141 (91.0%) | 179 (83.6%) | 320 (86.7%) | |
| Salt intake attention | ||||
| Yes | 129 (83.2%) | 155 (72.4%) | 284 (77.0%) | 0.017b |
| No | 26 (16.8%) | 59 (27.6%) | 85 (23.0%) | |
| Consumption of sugar drinks, glasses/week | ||||
| Never | 133 (85.8%) | 137 (64.0%) | 270 (73.2%) | < 0.001b |
| 1 or more | 22 (14.2%) | 77 (36.0%) | 99 (26.8%) | |
| One or more cognitive/socialization activities in the last 30 days | ||||
| Yes | 149 (96.1%) | 189 (88.3%) | 338 (91.6%) | 0.007b |
| No | 6 (3.9%) | 25 (11.7%) | 31 (8.4%) | |
| Alcohol intake, glasses/day | ||||
| Never | 35 (22.9%) | 66 (30.8%) | 101 (27.5%) | 0.042a |
| ≤ 1 | 103 (67.3%) | 125 (58.4%) | 228 (62.1%) | |
| 2–3 | 12 (7.8%) | 23 (10.8%) | 35 (9.5%) | |
| 4 or more | 3 (2.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (0.8%) | |
ap-value of Chi-2 test
bp-value of Fisher’s exact test