The First Step of Health Policy-Making for Lifestyle Modifications at Middle Age: Problem Identification in 40- to 60-Year-Old Population, Northern Iran

Table 2

Distribution of the average score of lifestyle behaviors according to the HPLP-II questionnaire.

Lifestyle subdomains	Mean score of lifestyle subdomains in two age groups		Total mean ± SD (min–max)	value
	40–49 years ()	50–60 years ()
Spiritual growth	33.81 ± 5.31	33.81 ± 4.98	33.81 ± 5.13 (16–44)	0.999
Health responsibility	34.11 ± 7.38	32.70 ± 7.34	33.38 ± 7.38 (16–51)	0.097
Interpersonal relations	23.87 ± 4.57	23.76 ± 4.00	23.81 ± 4.27 (10–32)	0.820
Stress management	13.76 ± 3.07	13.59 ± 2.88	13.67 ± 2.97 (7–22)	0.622
Physical activity	12.99 ± 4.67	13.03 ± 4.84	13.01 ± 4.75 (7–28)	0.934
Nutrition	20.12 ± 3.32	20.63 ± 3.04	20.38 ± 3.18 (11–28)	0.165
Total score	138.65 ± 19.80	137.51 ± 18.63	138.06 ± 19.18 (88–191)	0.609