Clustering of lifestyle and health behaviours in Australian adolescents and associations with obesity, self-rated health and quality of life

Ahmad, Kabir; Keramat, Syed Afroz; Ormsby, Gail M.; Kabir, Enamul; Khanam, Rasheda

doi:10.1186/s12889-023-15724-6

Table 2 Distribution of the attributes of the latent class variables by gender

From: Clustering of lifestyle and health behaviours in Australian adolescents and associations with obesity, self-rated health and quality of life

		Total (n = 3127)				Female (n = 1521)
Description	Value	n	%	n	%	n	%
Consumed alcohol in the last four weeks	No	2916	93.25	1500	93.4	1416	93.1
Consumed alcohol in the last four weeks	Yes	211	6.75	106	6.6	105	6.9
Smoked in the last four weeks	No	3053	97.63	1581	98.44	1472	96.78
Smoked in the last four weeks	Yes	74	2.37	25	1.56	49	3.22
Partial syndrome anorexia and/or bulimia	No	97.09	97.09	1568	97.63	1468	96.52
Partial syndrome anorexia and/or bulimia	Yes	91	2.91	38	2.37	53	3.48
Exercise hours per week	< 2 h/week	808	25.84	401	24.97	407	26.76
	2 h/week	1128	36.07	538	33.5	590	38.79
	> 3 h/week	1191	38.09	667	41.53	524	34.45
Weekday hours on e-games	Does not play on weekdays	1199	38.34	336	20.92	863	56.74
	Up to 3 h	1529	48.9	928	57.78	601	39.51
	More than 3 h	399	12.76	342	21.3	57	3.75
Weekend hours on e-games	Does not play on weekend days	883	28.24	127	7.91	756	49.7
	Up to 3 h	1128	36.07	535	33.31	593	38.99
	More than 3 h	1116	35.69	944	58.78	172	11.31
Frequency of sharing/posting on social media	Frequently or several times a day	1038	33.19	518	32.25	520	34.19
	On a weekly or monthly basis	1597	51.07	791	49.25	806	52.99
	Never	492	15.73	297	18.49	195	12.82
Sleep quality	Very well	868	27.76	478	29.76	390	25.64
	Well	1824	58.33	943	58.72	881	57.92
	Not well	435	13.91	185	11.52	250	16.44
Sleep duration	< 8 h	408	13.05	207	12.89	201	13.21
	8–9 h	1223	39.11	627	39.04	596	39.18
	> 9 h	1496	47.84	772	48.07	724	47.6
Frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption	None	336	10.75	201	12.52	135	8.88
	1–2 times/day	849	27.15	474	29.51	375	24.65
	3–4 times/day	1033	33.03	516	32.13	517	33.99
	≥ 5 times/day	909	29.07	415	25.84	494	32.48
Frequency of high-fat food consumption	None	608	19.44	287	17.87	321	21.1
	1–2 times/day	1599	51.14	774	48.19	825	54.24
	3–4 times/day	674	21.55	385	23.97	289	19
	≥ 5 times/day	246	7.87	160	9.96	86	5.65
SC had full-cream milk products	None	1082	34.6	491	30.57	591	38.86
	Once/day	1126	36.01	561	34.93	565	37.15
	Twice/day	618	19.76	344	21.42	274	18.01
	Thrice or more/day	301	9.63	210	13.08	91	5.98
SC had skim/low/no fat milk	None	1924	61.53	992	61.77	932	61.28
	Once/day	762	24.37	367	22.85	395	25.97
	Twice/day	301	9.63	157	9.78	144	9.47
	Thrice or more/day	140	4.48	90	5.6	50	3.29
Frequency of high-sugar drink consumption	None	1395	44.61	650	40.47	745	48.98
	Once/day	843	26.96	430	26.77	413	27.15
	Twice/day	498	15.93	284	17.68	214	14.07
	Thrice or more/day	391	12.5	242	15.07	149	9.8
Frequency of losing control of eating	None	2167	69.3	1264	78.7	903	59.37
	Around Once a week	598	19.12	264	16.44	334	21.96
	Two or more days a week	362	11.58	78	4.86	284	18.67
How would you feel if you gained one or two kilos of weight?	No concern	1542	49.31	1006	62.64	536	35.24
	A little concerned	806	25.78	391	24.35	415	27.28
	Would worry/upset me	779	24.91	209	13.01	570	37.48
Frequency of skipping meals throughout a day to control weight	None	2826	90.37	1503	93.59	1323	86.98
	One day a week	231	7.39	89	5.54	142	9.34
	Two or more days a week	70	2.24	14	0.87	56	3.68
Frequency of exercises to control weight	None	1678	53.66	949	59.09	729	47.93
	One to three days a week	922	29.49	399	24.84	523	34.39
	Four or more days a week	527	16.85	258	16.06	269	17.69

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