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Table 2 Frequency distribution of behavioral risk factors of the Advanced level students

From: Knowledge of non-communicable diseases and practices related to healthy lifestyles among adolescents, in state schools of a selected educational division in Sri Lanka

No.

Variable

Frequency (%)

Males

Females

Total

1.

Physical activity (N = 634)

 Yes

208(72.5%)

198(57.1%)

406 (64.0%)

 No

79(27.5%)

149 (42.9%)

228 (36.0%)

2.

Physical activity: adequacy among those who engaged in it (N = 406)

 Adequate

79(38.0%)

50 (25.3%)

129 (31.8%)

 Inadequate

129 (62.0%)

148 (74.7%)

277 (68.2%)

3.

Type of physical activity (N = 421)a

 Sports

148(71.1%)

78(39.4%)

226 (55.7%)

 Aerobics

24 (11.5%)

12 (6.1%)

36 (8.9%)

 Yoga

30 (14.4%)

32 (16.2%)

62 (15.3%)

 Dancing

11 (5.2%)

80 (40.4%)

91 (22.4%)

 Gardening, housekeeping

2 (0.9%)

4 (2.0%)

6 (1.5%)

4.

Dietary habits (N = 634)

 Unhealthy dietary habits

193(67.2%)

166(47.8%)

359 (56.6%)

 Healthy dietary habits

94(32.8%)

181(52.2%)

275 (43.4%)

5.

Smoking (N = 652)b

 Ever users

43(15.0%)

2 (0.6%)

45 (7.1%)

 Current users

18 (6.3%)

0 (0.0%)

18 (2.8%)

 Never users

244(85.0%)

345(99.4%)

589 (92.9%)

6.

Alcohol consumption (N = 707)c

 Ever users

89(25.6%)

24(6.7%)

113 (16.0%)

 Current users

61(17.5%)

12 (3.3%)

73 (10.3%)

 Never users

198(56.9%)

323(90.0)

521 (73.7%)

7.

Type of alcohol consumed by current users (n = 127)d

 Beer

44(72.1%)

12(100%)

56 (76.7%)

 Arrack

21(34.4%)

0(0.0%)

21 (28.8%)

 Brandy

10 (16.4%)

1(8.3%)

11 (15.1%)

 Jin

14(22.9%)

0(0.0%)

14 (19.2%)

 Wine

10(16.4%)

5(41.7%)

15 (20.5%)

 Whisky

10(16.4%)

0(0.0%)

10 (13.7%)

8.

Obesity/Over weight (N = 634)

 Obese/ Over weight

43(15.0%)

28(8.1%)

71 (11.1%)

 Normal/Under-weight

244(85.0%)

319(91.9%)

563 (88.9%)

  1. aType of physical activity – total exceeds 406 (refer row no. 1) as 15 were engaged in more than one type of exercise
  2. bSmoking – Total exceeds 634 as 18 current users were included under “ever users”
  3. cAlcohol consumption – Total exceeds 634 as 73 current users were included under “ever users”
  4. dType of alcohol consumed by current users – total exceeds 73 (refer row no. 7) as 54 consumed more than one type of alcohol