Association of smoking, physical activity, and dietary habits with socioeconomic variables: a cross-sectional study in adults on both sides of the Hungarian-Romanian border

Table 1 Demographic, socioeconomic characteristics, body mass index and health-related behaviours of the sample by nations

Variables	Hungarians (N = 1099)		Romanians (N = 852)		P-value*
	n	%	n	%
Age-groups (yrs)					0.866
18-34	316	28.8	239	28.1
35-54	383	34.8	293	34.4
55 and over	400	36.4	320	37.6
Gender					0.652
Females	575	52.3	437	51.3
Males	524	47.7	415	48.7
Educational level					< 0.001
High	197	17.9	147	17.3
Medium	550	50.0	310	36.4
Low	352	32.0	395	46.4
Self-perceived financial conditions					< 0.001
Good	184	16.7	282	33.1
Acceptable	634	57.7	432	50.7
Poor	281	25.6	138	16.2
BMI					0.006
≥ 30.0 kg/m²	242	22.0	141	16.5
= 25.0-29.9 kg/m²	396	36.0	356	41.8
= 18.5-24.9 kg/m²	429	39.0	336	39.4
< 18.5 kg/m²	32	2.9	19	2.2
Smoking status					0.144
Non-smokers	734	66.8	542	63.6
Current smokers	365	33.2	310	36.4
Fruit consumption					< 0.001
Daily	638	58.1	347	40.7
Occasionally or never	461	41.9	505	59.3
Vegetable consumption					< 0.001
Daily	471	42.9	282	33.1
Occasionally or never	628	57.1	570	66.9
Fat used for cooking					0.619
Vegetable oil	769	30.0	605	29.0
Animal fat	330	70.0	247	71.0
Leisure time physical activity					< 0.001
Active	747	68.0	228	26.8
Inactive	352	32.0	624	73.2

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