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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics (n = 997)

From: Psychometric properties of the health-promoting lifestyle profile II: cross-cultural validation of the Malay language version

Variables

Mean (SD)

n (%)

Age

20.5 (1.58)

 

Gender

 Male

 

195 (19.6)

 Female

 

802 (80.4)

Ethnicity

 Malay

 

773 (77.5)

 Chinese

 

135 (13.5)

 Indian

 

57 (5.7)

 Others

 

32 (3.2)

Undergraduate course

 Medical Sciences

 

282 (28.3)

 Nursing

 

227 (22.8)

 Biomedical sciences

 

105 (10.5)

 Dental sciences

 

89 (8.9)

 Forensic sciences

 

64 (6.4)

 Occupational health

 

63 (6.3)

 Nutrition sciences

 

60 (6.0)

 Sport sciences

 

54 (5.4)

 Dietetic

 

53 (5.3)

Physical activity

 Yes

 

846 (84.9%)

 No

 

151 (15.1)

 Frequency session (per week)

2.1 (1.57)

 

 Duration in minute (per session)

51.5 (41.72)

 

Illness:

 Yes

 

38 (3.8)

 No

 

959 (96.2)

Consume medication

 Yes

 

22 (2.2)

 No

 

975 (97.8)

Smoker

 Yes

 

45 (4.5)

 No

 

952 (95.5)