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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the Cohort

From: Association between healthy lifestyle practices and life purpose among a highly health-literate cohort: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total

Sex

 Male

1630

 Female

3190

Age range

4820

  < 30 years

129 (2.7)

 30–39 years

372 (7.7)

 40–49 years

930 (19.3)

 50–59 years

1541 (32.0)

 60–69 years

1291 (26.8)

 70–79 years

489 (10.1)

  ≥ 80 years

68 (1.4)

Age (Ave years, SD)

55.4 (12.2)

Height (Ave cm, SD)

161.3 (8.0)

Weight (Ave kg, SD)

57.5 (10.8)

BMI (Ave kg/m2, SD)

21.9 (3.3)

Obesity (%)

15.0

Intention to keep ideal weight (%)

 Yes

82.6

 No

17.4

Managing Lifestyle for disease prevention (%)

 Yes

89.2

 No

10.8

Reading nutritional information labels (%)

 Always

34.3

 Often

47.9

 Rarely

13.4

 Very rarely

4.3

Maintaining a balanced diet in daily life (%)

 Always

52.8

 Often

38.0

 Rarely

8.0

 Very rarely

1.2

Intention for exercise (%)

 Always

42.3

 Sometimes

41.3

 In the past

13.2

 Never

3.1

Adequate Exercise (%)

 Yes

63.9

 No

36.1

Excessive alcohol intake (%)

5.8

Smoking (%)

 Current

6.1

 Past

18.0

 None

75.8

Stress (%)

 High

20.4

 Moderate

54

 Low

21.8

 None

3.7

Rest (%)

 Satisfactory

20.5

 Adequate

54.0

 Not adequate

21.8

 Not satisfactory

3.7

Sleep (%)

 Satisfactory

21.3

 Adequate

57.4

 Not adequate

20.3

 Not satisfactory

1.0