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Table 6 Comparison of prevalence of lifestyle behaviours between hospital doctors working in Ireland and general working age population and cohort matched for age, social class and education

From: “Do as we say, not as we do?” the lifestyle behaviours of hospital doctors working in Ireland: a national cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Doctors %

General working age population % (X2)

Matched Cohort % (X2)

Smoking

 Non-Smoker

90.6%

73.9% (211.01) ***

85.5% (12.56) ***

 Occasional

6.8%

4.7% (12.06) ***

5.9% (.67)

 Daily

2.5%

21.4% (332.13) ***

8.6% (43.27) ***

Alcohol

 Frequency of alcohol consumption

  Never

11.4%

18.3% (44.86) ***

9.6% (1.46)

  Monthly or less

14.2%

25.1% (89.20) ***

19.2% (9.09) **

  2–4 times/month

32.5%

30% (3.91) *

31.4% (0.27)

  Multiple times/week

41.9%

26.6% (143.56) ***

39.8% (0.76)

 Binges on a typical drinking occasion

12.8%

39.5% (326.97) ***

29.5% (78.33) ***

 Mean units consumed on a typical drinking occasion

3.4

5.6 (SD: 4.16) ***

4.7 (SD: 3.47) ***

Physical activity

 Inactive

24.5%

29.5% (15.62) ***

26.3% (.847)

 Minimally active

56.4%

37.5% (184.78) ***

39.9% (51.95) ***

 Health enhancing physical activity

19.1%

33% (15.62) ***

33.8% (56.62) ***

  1. Between group differences: *P value <.05 ** P value <.01 *** P value ≤ .001 (Reference groups compared to doctors)