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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants according to alcohol use behaviors groups

From: Alcohol use behaviors and risk of metabolic syndrome in South Korean middle-aged men

Variables

Normal*

Hazardous*

Problem*

p

 

Unweighted

(n = 219)

Weighted

Unweighted

(n = 263)

Weighted

Unweighted

(n = 232)

Weighted

 

Age (yr)

      

.827

   40-49

137 (62.6)

1,012,233 (67.4)

164 (62.4)

1,185,640 (64.6)

147 (63.4)

1,039,470 (66.8)

 

   50-59

82 (37.4)

488,847 (32.6)

99 (37.6)

649,358 (35.4)

85 (36.6)

516,329 (33.2)

 

Cohabitation

      

.494

   Yes

202 (92.2)

1,380,253 (92.0)

240 (91.3)

1,684,197 (91.8)

203 (87.5)

1,384,220 (89.0)

 

   No

17 (7.8)

120,827 (8.0)

23 (8.7)

150,801 (8.2)

29 (12.5)

171,578 (11.0)

 

Education

      

.038

   Illiterate

4 (4.8)

29,814 (2.0)

9 (3.4)

65,687 (3.6)

11 (4.7)

50,012 (3.2)

 

   ≤Elementary school

11 (5.0)

51,261 (3.4)

29 (11.0)

191,982 (10.5)

30 (12.9)

188,519 (12.1)

 

   ≤Middle school

34 (15.5)

230,116 (15.3)

45 (17.1)

310,905 (16.9)

37 (15.9)

237,626 (15.3)

 

   ≤High school

89 (40.6)

600,422 (40.0)

109 (41.4)

785,424 (42.8)

84 (36.2)

562,377 (36.1)

 

   College≤

81 (37.0)

589,467 (39.3)

71 (27.0)

481,001 (26.2)

70 (30.2)

517,265 (33.2)

 

Monthly average

household income

      

.056

   Low

14 (6.4)

85,661 (5.7)

26 (9.9)

176,229 (9.6)

25 (10.8)

186,706 (12.0)

 

   Middle

64 (29.2)

463,187 (30.9)

83 (31.6)

645,415 (35.2)

57 (24.6)

387,808 (24.9)

 

   High

141 (64.4)

952,232 (63.4)

154 (58.6)

1,013,355 (55.2)

150 (64.7)

981,284 (63.1)

 

Smoking

      

<.001

   Nonsmoker

42 (19.2)

289,656 (19.3)

25 (9.5)

146,021 (8.0)

18 (7.8)

111,054 (7.1)

 

   Ex-smoker

84 (38.4)

578,843 (38.6)

138 (52.5)

951,424 (51.8)

140 (60.3)

946,529 (60.8)

 

   Current smoker

93 (42.5)

632,581 (42.1)

100 (38.0)

737,553 (40.2)

74 (31.9)

498,216 (32.0)

 

Physical activity

      

.006

   Yes

46 (21.0)

314,106 (20.9)

43 (16.3)

283,828 (15.5)

61 (26.3)

425,747 (27.4)

 

   No

173 (79.0)

1,186,975 (79.1)

220 (83.7)

1,551,170 (84.5)

171 (73.7)

1,130,051 (72.6)

 
  1. * Number of subjects (%)