Health-promoting lifestyle and its predictors among health-related and non-health-related university students in Taiwan: a cross-sectional quantitative study

Table 2 Health-related information of university students by major

Variables	Health-related majors (n = 458)		Non-health-related majors (n = 604)		p-value^a
Variables	N	%	N	%	p-value^a
BMI (Kg/m²)					0.016*
< 18.5	69	15.1	115	19.0
18.5–23.9	303	66.2	347	57.5
≥ 24.0	86	18.8	142	23.5
Daily sleep duration					0.034*
< 4 h	17	3.7	40	6.6
4–6.9 h	177	38.6	254	42.1
≥ 7 h	264	57.6	310	51.3
Daily 3C usage duration					0.058
< 3 h	59	12.9	67	11.1
3–5.9 h	138	30.1	224	37.1
≥ 6 h	261	57.0	313	51.8
Weekly physical activity duration					0.534
≤ 75 min	215	46.9	263	43.5
76–150 min	142	31.0	202	33.4
≥ 151 min	101	22.1	139	23.0
Weekly dine-outs number					0.155
None	10	2.2	10	1.7
1–14 times	233	50.9	275	45.5
≥ 15 times	215	46.9	319	52.8
Weekly night snacks number					0.248
None	94	20.5	134	22.2
1–3 times	186	40.6	215	35.6
≥ 4 times	178	38.9	255	42.2

BMI Body Mass Index, 3C Computer, Communication, and Consumer electronics, ^a Differences based on chi-squared test, ^* p < 0.05

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