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Table 3 PHS, HC, and HPLP of university students by major

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

Variables

Health-related majors (n = 458)

Non-health-related majors (n = 604)

p-valuea

Mean ± SD

Rank

Mean ± SD

Rank

PHS

3.35 ± 0.95

 

3.25 ± 0.94

 

0.106

HC

3.93 ± 0.60

 

3.81 ± 0.62

 

0.002**

 Functional/role

4.03 ± 0.68

2

3.90 ± 0.71

2

0.002**

 Adaptive

4.10 ± 0.70

1

3.95 ± 0.71

1

<0.001***

 Clinical

3.58 ± 0.97

4

3.49 ± 0.96

4

0.136

 Eudaimonistic

3.88 ± 0.74

3

3.80 ± 0.76

3

0.075

HPLP

3.39 ± 0.67

 

3.30 ± 0.69

 

0.040*

 Self-actualization

3.61 ± 0.82

1

3.53 ± 0.81

2

0.083

 Health responsibility

3.17 ± 0.89

5

3.00 ± 0.96

6

0.003**

 Exercise

3.13 ± 0.92

6

3.06 ± 0.94

5

0.179

 Nutrition

3.31 ± 0.83

4

3.19 ± 0.87

4

0.030*

 Interpersonal support

3.60 ± 0.78

2

3.57 ± 0.77

1

0.512

 Stress management

3.50 ± 0.82

3

3.47 ± 0.77

3

0.436

  1. PHS Perceived Health Status, HC Health Conception, HPLP Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile, SD Standard Deviation, a Differences based on independent samples t-test, *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05