Research Article
Health-Promoting Lifestyle and Associated Factors among Medical Sciences Students in Kermanshah, Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of students (n = 343).
| Variables | | N (%) |
| Sex | Female | 173 (50.4) | Male | 170 (49.6) |
| Marital status | Single | 323 (94.2) | Married | 20 (5.8) |
| Age (years) | 18–22 | 205 (59.8) | 23–27 | 120 (35.0) | ≥28 | 18 (5.2) |
| Residence | Dormitory | 306 (89.2) | House | 37 (10.8) |
| Body mass index | Weight loss (≤18.4) | 24 (7.0) | Normal (18.5–24.9) | 278 (81.0) | Overweight (25–29.9) | 37 (10.8) | Obese (≥30) | 4 (1.2) |
| Monthly income, in dollar | Low (≥100) | 34 (9.9) | Medium (101–200) | 218 (63.6) | High (≥201) | 91 (26.5) |
| School | Paramedical | 88 (25.6) | Health | 57 (16.6) | Nursing and midwifery | 52 (15.2) | Dentistry | 18 (5.3) | Medical | 95 (27.7) | Pharmacy | 33 (9.6) |
| Smoking | Yes | 41 (12.0) | No | 302 (88.0) |
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