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Table 11 Associations between attitudes and lifestyle practices of study population (n=483)

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices among people with chronic hepatitis B attending a hepatology clinic in Malaysia: A cross sectional study

Variable

Negative attitude and perception

 

Worried of spreading HBV to family and friends (n=332)

Worried ever since diagnosis (n=260)

Lifestyle practice

n

(%)

p value

n

(%)

p value

Stop or reduced alcohol (n=150) ¥

Yes

91

(91)

ns

74

(91.4)

ns

No

9

(9)

 

7

(8.6)

 

Stop or reduced smoking (n=100) #

Yes

55

(79.7)

ns

43

(81.1)

ns

No

14

(20.3)

 

10

(18.9)

 

Sharing eating and drinking utensils(n=480) a

Yes

165

(50)

ns

138

(53.3)

ns

No

165

(50)

 

121

(46.7)

 

Exercise regularly (n=292) ~

      

Yes

164

(78.5)

ns

124

(74.7)

ns

No

45

(21.5)

 

42

(25.3)

 
  1. ns, not significant; #Applicable to those who smokes; ¥Applicable to those who consume alcohol; ~Applicable to those who exercise; amissing data n=3.