Table 1 Characteristics of study sample (n = 162,209)
Characteristics | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Girl | 79,250 | 48.9 |
Boy | 82,959 | 51.1 |
Ethnicity | ||
Hakka, Taiwanese, and Chinese | 101,575 | 62.6 |
Indigenous | 6,118 | 3.8 |
Immigrants | 3,159 | 2.0 |
Others/Unknown/Uncertain | 51,357 | 31.7 |
Health literacy (quartiles) | ||
Lowest 25 % (0–21) | 43,062 | 26.6 |
25th to 50th percentile (22–26) | 47,848 | 29.5 |
50th to 75th percentile (27–29) | 44,874 | 27.7 |
Highest 25 % (30–32) | 26,425 | 16.3 |
Self-rated health status | ||
Bad or very bad | 9,736 | 6.0 |
Normal | 62,069 | 38.3 |
Good | 45,747 | 28.2 |
Very Good | 44,657 | 27.5 |
Healthy behaviors (Regular physical activity, Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake) | ||
Regular physical activity and no SSB intake | 64,034 | 39.5 |
Had only one of the healthy behaviors (either regular physical activity or no SSB intake) | 80,500 | 49.6 |
Had no regular physical activity and consumed SSB | 17,675 | 10.9 |
BMI | ||
Normal | 78,101 | 48.2 |
Underweight | 18,015 | 11.1 |
Overweight | 41,423 | 25.5 |
Obese | 24,670 | 15.2 |