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Table 1 General sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of the participants

From: Clusters of lifestyle behavioral risk factors and their associations with depressive symptoms and stress: evidence from students at a university in Finland

Variable

All participants

N = 1179

Male

n = 346

Female

n = 823

p-value

Sociodemographic characteristics

    

Age (years) *

22.96 ± 5.21

22.83 ± 4.36

23.01 ± 5.55

0.59

Perceived income sufficiency

   

0.30

Always/ Mostly sufficient

675 (56.8)

207 (59.8)

466 (56.6)

 

Always/ Mostly insufficient

487 (41)

135 (39)

348 (42.3)

 

Accommodation during semester

   

0.40

With parents /partner

394 (33.1)

109 (31.5)

280 (34)

 

Alone/ with roommates

795(66.9)

237(68.5)

543(66.0)

 

Behavioral risk factors

    

Smoking (past 3 months) (n = 1168)

   

0.23

Never

911 (76.6)

257 (74.9)

648 (79.2)

 

Occasionally

183 (15.7)

63 (18.4)

119 (14.5)

 

Daily

74 (6.3)

23 (6.7)

51 (6.2)

 

Problem drinking (CAGE score) (n = 1138)

   

0.014

Non-problem drinking

810 (71.2)

218 (66.1)

588 (73.3)

 

Problem drinking

328 (28.8)

112 (33.9)

214 (26.7)

 

Physical activity* (days/ week) (n = 1157)

    

MVPA

4.27 ± 3.27

4.31 ± 3.49

4.24 ± 3.18

0.75

Nutrition habits* (n = 1160)

    

Dietary guideline adherence index

4.84 ± 1.57

4.22 ± 1.54

5.10 ± 1.51

< 0.001

  1. Cell values represent frequency (%) except where indicated, * Cell values represent mean ± SD, MVPA Moderate to vigorous physical activity, Bold italicized cells indicate statistical significance, numbers might not sum up to total because of missing values