Table 3 Characteristics of the naturally occurring clusters extracted from the dataset (n = 15,366)
| Â | Â | Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Cluster 4 | Cluster 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Healthy | High sugary beverage consumption | Poor mental wellbeing | Smoker | Alcohol drinker | |
(n = 15,366) | (n = 1957) | (n = 8482) | (n = 2009) | (n = 1364) | (n = 1554) | |
Health behaviours and mental wellbeing | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
Exercise/sport participation | ||||||
 None | 2131 (13.87) | 309 (15.79) | 1123 (13.24) | 409 (20.36) | 174 (12.76) | 116 (7.46) |
 1–3 days/week | 8081 (52.59) | 1111 (56.77) | 4596 (54.19) | 1068 (53.16) | 678 (49.71) | 628 (40.41) |
 4–6 days/week | 2937 (19.11) | 319 (16.30) | 1548 (18.25) | 260 (12.94) | 330 (24.19) | 480 (30.89) |
  > 6 days/week | 2217 (14.43) | 218 (11.14) | 1215 (14.32) | 272 (13.54) | 182 (13.34) | 330 (21.24) |
Physical activity | ||||||
 Inactive (< 600 MET-min/week) | 6097 (39.68) | 807 (41.24) | 3390 (39.97) | 962 (47.88) | 504 (36.95) | 434 (27.93) |
 Active (≥600 MET-min/week) | 9269 (60.32) | 1150 (58.76) | 5092 (60.03) | 1047 (52.12) | 860 (63.05) | 1120 (72.07) |
Sedentary time | ||||||
  < 4 hours/day | 2376 (15.46) | 360 (18.40) | 1272 (15.00) | 278 (13.84) | 226 (16.57) | 240 (15.44) |
 4–8 hours/day | 6213 (40.43) | 742 (37.92) | 3605 (42.50) | 685 (34.10) | 569 (41.72) | 612 (39.38) |
  > 8 hours/day | 6777 (44.10) | 855 (43.69) | 3605 (42.50) | 1046 (52.07) | 569 (41.72) | 702 (45.17) |
Sleeping hours | ||||||
  < 7 hours/day | 10,566 (68.76) | 1232 (62.95) | 5965 (70.33) | 1377 (68.54) | 875 (64.15) | 1117 (71.88) |
  ≥ 7 hours/day | 4800 (31.24) | 725 (37.05) | 2517 (29.67) | 632 (31.46) | 489 (35.85) | 437 (28.12) |
Smoking | ||||||
 Smoker | 1365 (8.88) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1364 (100) | 1 (0.06) |
 Non-smoker | 14,001 (91.12) | 1957 (100) | 8482 (100) | 2009 (100) | 0 | 1553 (99.94) |
Alcohol drinking | ||||||
 Drinker | 2420 (15.75) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 866 (63.49) | 1554 (100) |
 Non-drinker | 12,946 (84.25) | 1957 (100) | 8482 (100) | 2009 (100) | 498 (36.51) | 0 |
Fruit and vegetable consumption | ||||||
 Unhealthy (< 5 servings/day) | 7339 (47.76) | 908 (46.40) | 4052 (47.77) | 797 (39.67) | 683 (50.07) | 899 (57.85) |
 Healthy (≥5 servings/day) | 8027 (52.24) | 1049 (53.60) | 4430 (52.23) | 1212 (60.33) | 681 (49.93) | 655 (42.15) |
Snacking | ||||||
 At-risk (every day) | 10,019 (65.20) | 1098 (56.11) | 5539 (65.30) | 1283 (63.86) | 1027 (75.29) | 1072 (68.98) |
 Lower risk (not every day) | 5347 (34.80) | 859 (43.89) | 2943 (34.70) | 726 (36.14) | 337 (24.71) | 482 (31.02) |
High sugary beverage consumption | ||||||
 Yes | 12,598 (81.99) | 0 | 8482 (100) | 1622 (80.74) | 1148 (84.16) | 1346 (86.62) |
 No | 2768 (18.01) | 1957 (100) | 0 | 387 (19.26) | 216 (15.84) | 208 (13.38) |
High Salt intake | ||||||
 Yes | 8305 (54.05) | 804 (41.08) | 4682 (55.20) | 1063 (52.91) | 815 (59.75) | 941 (60.55) |
 No | 7061 (45.95) | 1153 (58.92) | 3800 (44.80) | 946 (47.09) | 549 (40.25) | 613 (39.45) |
Mental wellbeing | ||||||
 Negative mental wellbeing | 2559 (16.65) | 0 | 0 | 2009 (100) | 290 (21.26) | 260 (16.73) |
 Positive mental wellbeing | 12,807 (83.35) | 1957 (100) | 8482 (100) | 0 | 1074 (78.74) | 1294 (83.27) |