Research Article

Health-Promoting Lifestyle and Associated Factors among Medical Sciences Students in Kermanshah, Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Comparison of health-promoting lifestyle profile II (HPLP-II) among students in terms of demographic characteristics.

VariablesMean ± SDaCI 95%bTest results

SexFemale2.16 ± 0.452.09–2.23Z = -3.96c
Male2.34 ± 0.402.28–2.40

Age (years)18–222.28 ± 0.432.22–2.37X2 = 1.63
23–272.21 ± 0.442.13–2.29
≥282.20 ± 0.521.86–2.01

Marital statusSingle2.24 ± 0.432.19–2.29Z = 2.24
Married2.47 ± 0.382.28–2.64

ResidenceDormitory2.23 ± 0.432.18–2.28Z = 1.91
House2.40 ± 0.472.40–2.56

SmokingYes2.00 ± 0.421.86–2.13Z = 4.00
No2.30 ± 0.432.24–2.33

Body mass indexWeight loss (≤18.4)2.22 ± 0.442.04–2.41X2 = 3.33d
Normal (18.5–24.9)2.24 ± 0.422.19–2.29
Overweight (25–29.9)2.30 ± 0.492.13–2.46
Obese (≥30)2.70 ± 0.501.86–3.47

Monthly income, in dollarLow (≥100)2.07 ± 0.401.93–2.21X2 = 737.28
Medium (101–200)2.19 ± 0.392.14–2.24
High (≥201)2.43 ± 0.472.26–2.59

SchoolParamedical2.25 ± 0.382.02–2.49X2 = 24.37
Health2.29 ± 0.471.69–3.00
Nursing and midwifery2.20 ± 0.472.00–2.41
Dentistry2.51 ± 0.332.35–2.68
Medical2.19 ± 0.451.92–2.46
Pharmacy2.13 ± 0.391.99–2.27

Note: astandard deviation; bconfidence interval; cbased on Mann–Whitney U test; dbased on Kruskal–Wallis H test.