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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of select demographic characteristics and health behaviors

From: The pillars of health: influence of multiple lifestyle behaviors on body mass index and depressive symptoms in adult twins

 

Total

Men

Women

 

(n = 6,048 pairs)

(n = 2,060 pairs)

(n = 3,988 pairs)

Age

41.8 (18.0)

42.5 (18.9)

41.5 (17.5)

BMI (kg/m2)

25.9 (5.6)

26.2 (4.6)

25.7 (6.1)

Depressive Symptoms Score

0.75 (1.21)

0.66 (1.11)

0.79 (1.25)

Race (% White)

92.9

93.6

92.5

Health behaviors met (%)

 Sleep (8 + h)

38.7

34.9

40.6

 Fruits/vegetables (5 + servings)

50.3

43.6

53.7

 Sedentary time (≤ 2 h)

48.3

44.4

50.4

 MVPA (150 + min)

41.2

43.1

40.3

 Smoking (No)

89.8

88.7

90.4

Number of health behaviors met (%)

 0 health behaviors

1.9

2.2

1.7

 1 health behavior

13.0

15.1

12.0

 2 health behaviors

29.0

31.7

27.6

 3 health behaviors

31.7

31.5

31.8

 4 health behaviors

19.7

15.7

21.7

 5 health behaviors

4.7

3.8

5.2

  1. Continuous variables presented as mean (standard deviation) and categorical variables presented as percentages