Research Article

Association of Smoking-Related Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) with Nutritional Status and Diet Quality: A Cross-Sectional Study in China

Table 1

General characteristics of the study population.

VariablesMales (3078)Females (4920)Total (7998)

Age 60.7±11.358.4±11.459.3±11.4
Education No response6(0.2)8(0.2)14 (0.2)
< Middle schooling1483(48.2)3362 (68.3)4845 (60.6)
Middle schooling1125 (36.5)1201 (24.4)2326 (29.1)
High schooling413 (13.4)305 (6.2)718 (9.0)
College and above51 (1.7)44 (0.9)95 (1.2)
Monthly income per person <2000 RMB2279 (74.0)3722 (75.7)6001 (75.0)
2001-4000 RMB567 (18.4)889 (18.1)1456 (18.2)
>4000 RMB232 (7.5)309 (6.3)541 (6.8)
Smoking status No response0 (0.0)1(0.0)1 (0.0)
Yes1732 (56.3)61 (1.2)1793 (22.4)
No1346 (43.7)4858 (98.7)6204 (77.6)
Second-hand smoking No response1(0.0)2(0.0)3 (0.0)
Yes1738 (56.5)2861(58.2)4599 (57.5)
No1339 (43.5)2057 (41.8)3396 (42.5)
Drinking alcohol Never1291 (41.9)4440 (90.2)5731 (71.7)
Yes1787 (58.1)480 (9.8)2265 (28.3)
BMI (Kg/m2) 24.6±3.525.1±3.624.9±3.6
BMI <18.558 (1.9)60 (1.2)118 (1.5)
18.5-23.91243 (41.3)1807 (37.4)3050(38.1)
24.0-27.91269 (42.1)2049 (42.4)3318(41.5)
≥28442 (14.7)912 (18.9)1354(16.9)
WC (cm) 83.3±9.681.3±9.582.1±9.6
Central Obesity Normal2227(74.0)2174 (44.2)4451 (55.7)
Waist ≥90 for males and waist ≥80 for females801 (26.0)2746 (56.8)3547 (44.3)
WHR (WC/HR) 0.89±0.060.86±0.070.87±0.07
Abdominal Obesity Normal2251 (82.9)599 (12.2)3150 (39.4)
Obese WHR> 0.94 males and >0.80 Females527 (17.1)4321 (87.8)4848 (60.6)
s-KAP scores∗∗11.7±3.613.1±512.5±3.7
Diet Scores∗∗41.8±11.838.6±10.742.7±10.7

=Independent t-test; =Chi square test; ∗∗=P<0.01.
Data are expressed as mean±SD and N (%).