Table 1 Sociodemographic and life style variables. In bold are significant results (p < 0.05)
Variable | Women Mean (SD) | Men Mean (SD) | Difference* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample size (n) | 114 | 128 | p > 0.05 | ||||
Age (range) | 18–87 | 20–94 |  | ||||
Age (mean ± SD) | 50.2 (19.7) | 57.9 (18.2) | p < 0.01 | ||||
Age categories (quartiles) | Freq | Percent | Freq | Percent | p < 0.001 | ||
 First quartile | 39 | 34.2 | 23 | 18.0 |  | ||
 Second quartile | 31 | 27.2 | 33 | 25.8 |  | ||
 Third quartile | 22 | 19.3 | 35 | 27.3 |  | ||
 Fourth quartile | 22 | 19.3 | 37 | 28.9 |  | ||
Education | Freq | Percent | Freq | Percent | p > 0.05 | ||
 Primary and secondary education | 39 | 37.1 | 41 | 33.9 |  | ||
 Tertiary education | 66 | 62.9 | 80 | 66.1 |  | ||
Physical activity at work | Freq | Percent | Freq | Percent | p > 0.05 | ||
 Light | 43 | 39.5 | 62 | 49.6 |  | ||
 Moderate | 35 | 32.1 | 39 | 31.2 |  | ||
 Heavy | 31 | 28.4 | 24 | 19.2 |  | ||
Physical activity in free time | Freq | Percent | Freq | Percent | p < 0.05 | ||
 Light | 14 | 12.5 | 18 | 14.2 |  | ||
 Moderate | 62 | 55.4 | 43 | 33.9 |  | ||
 Heavy | 36 | 32.1 | 66 | 52.0 |  | ||
Sitting time per day (hours ± SD) | 7.6 (3.3) | 7.5 (3.4) | p > 0.05 | ||||
Healthy eating index | Freq | Percent | Freq | Percent | p < 0.001 | ||
 Unhealthy | 44 | 39.6 | 76 | 60.8 |  | ||
 Medium | 49 | 44.1 | 43 | 34.4 |  | ||
 Healthy | 18 | 16.2 | 6 | 4.8 |  | ||
Last time drinking | Freq | Percent | Freq. Percent | p > 0.05 | |||
 Recently | 51 | 45.1 | 35 | 27.6 |  | ||
 Medium | 21 | 18.6 | 43 | 33.9 |  | ||
 Long ago | 41 | 36.3 | 49 | 38.6 |  | ||