Lifestyle Behaviors and Self-Rated Health: The Living for Health Program
Table 1
Characteristics of the study participants, total and by gender.
Variables
Total sample ( = 1,701)
Male ( = 508)
Female ( = 1,193)
value
Age (years)
18–30
286 (16.8)
98 (19.3)
188 (15.8)
0.075
31–55
893 (52.5)
247 (48.6)
646 (54.1)
>55
522 (30.7)
163 (32.1)
359 (30.1)
Body mass index (BMI)
0.001
<29.9 kg/m2
1,142 (67.1)
371 (73.0)
771 (64.6)
≥30 kg/m2
559 (32.9)
137 (27.0)
422 (35.4)
Smoke
<0.001
No
1,559 (91.7)
445 (87.6)
1,114 (93.4)
Yes
142 (8.3)
63 (12.4)
79 (6.6)
Ethnicity
0.073
Hispanic
942 (55.4)
291 (57.3)
651 (54.6)
Non-Hispanic Black
531 (31.2)
140 (27.6)
391 (32.8)
Other
228 (13.4)
77 (15.2)
151 (12.7)
Health insurance
0.454
No
1,041 (61.2)
304 (59.8)
737 (61.8)
Yes
660 (38.8)
204 (40.2)
456 (38.2)
Comorbidities
0.464
No
938 (55.1)
287 (56.5)
651 (54.6)
Yes
763 (44.9)
221 (43.5)
542 (45.4)
Self-rated health
Poor/fair
355 (20.9)
76 (15.0)
279 (23.4)
<0.001
Excellent/very good/good
1,346 (79.1)
432 (85.0)
914 (76.6)
F & V (servings/day)
≤2 per day
1,057 (62.1)
332 (65.4)
725 (60.8)
0.187
3-4 per day
453 (26.6)
126 (24.8)
327 (27.4)
≥5 per day
191 (11.2)
50 (9.8)
141 (11.8)
Fat intake
0.377
Primary high fat foods/mostly high fat, some low fat
209 (12.3)
69 (13.6)
140 (11.7)
Both high fat and low fat about the same
538 (31.6)
166 (32.7)
372 (31.2)
Mostly low fat, some high fat/primary low fat foods
954 (56.1)
273 (53.7)
681 (57.1)
Physical activity
0.001
1–3 times per month or never
533 (31.3)
129 (25.4)
404 (33.9)
1–4 days per week
599 (35.2)
186 (36.6)
413 (34.6)
≥5 days per week
569 (33.5)
193 (38.0)
376 (31.5)
F & V = fruits and vegetables. Statistical differences by gender: Chi-square test. Data are presented as (%). value is considered significant at <0.05.
