Table 4

Descriptive statistics: healthy behavior variables

Variable
Total pct
Healthy (%)
Not healthy (%)
N
p

Cigarette smoking
345
0.0005
None
64.9
69.6
30.4


One to nine
15.1
65.4
34.6


Ten to 19
10.1
51.4
48.6


Twenty or more
6.7
26.1
73.9


Refused
3.2
63.6
36.4


Exercise
345
0.044
None
42.3
58.2
41.8


One day
10.7
51.4
48.6


Two days
17.1
69.5
30.5


Three days
15.7
68.5
31.5


Four days
7
83.3
16.7


Five or more
7.2
76
24


BMI
345
0.008
Underweight
2.9
70
30


Healthy
45.2
69.9
30.1


Overweight
30.4
67.6
32.4


Obese I
13
46.7
53.3


Obese II
4.6
56.2
43.8


Obese III
3.8
30.8
69.2



Rohrer and Young BMC Family Practice 2004 5:11   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-5-11