Table 1: Frequencies and prevalence of risk factors among enrolled young adults.

Factor N Overall Male Female P-value
Overall 343 343 (100,00%)* 126 (36,73%) 217 (63,27%) -
Age 343 20,991 20,754 21,201 0.521
[20,774 ; 21,209]** [20,122 ; 21,386] [20,804 ; 21,598]
Tobacco consumption 343 26 (7,58%) 15 (4,37%) 11 (3,21%) 0.037
Daily smoking 26 15 (57,69%) 9 (34,62%) 6 (23,08%) 0.791
Age at smoking initiation 16 19,125 20,2 17,33 0.051
[17,582 ; 20,667] [18,046 ; 22,354] [15,619 ; 19,047]
Quantity of industrial cigarettes consumed per day 13 5.84 5.375 6.6 0.635
[3.272 ; 8.419] [3.013 ; 7.736] [-1.183 ; 14.383]
Alcohol consumption 340 47 (13,82%) 23 (6,76%) 24 (7,06%) 0.085
Consumption frequency
5-6 days per week 46 16 (34,78%) 9 (19,57%) 7 (15,22%) -
1-4 days per week 46 8 (17,39%) 3 (6,52%) 5 (10,87%) -
1-3 days per month 46 15 (32,61%) 7 (15,22%) 8 (17,39%) -
less than once per month 46 7 (15,22%) 3 (6,52%) 4 (8,70%) -
Average number of standard drinks consumed during a drinking occasion 24 3,708 6 2,071 0.65
[1,706: 5,710] [1,195 ; 10,804] [1,338 ; 2,804]
Largest number of drinks consumed during a drinking occasion 23 4 4,666 3,571 0.414
[2,675 ; 5,323] [1,842 ; 7,490] [2,040 ; 5,102]
Number of fruit servings consumed during a day 256 2,52 2,08 2,779 0.069
[2,062 ; 2,992] [1,862 ; 2,299] [2,056 ; 3,501]
Number of vegetable servings consumed during a day 218 3,151 2,787 3,357 0.286
[2,509 ; 3,793] [2,475 ; 3.099] [2,349 ; 4,366]
Travelling to and from places walking or cycling for at least 10 minutes continuously 322 184 (57,14%) 80 (24,84%) 104 (32,30%) 0.007
Time spent travelling to and from places by walking or cycling on a typical day (in minutes) 183 62,666 588,125 65,66 0.612
[48,327 ; 77,005] [45,784 ; 72,188] [41,836 ; 89,483]
Vigorous-intensity leisure activities that cause large increases in breathing or heart rate for at least 10 minutes continuously 319 142 (44,51%) 70 (21,94%) 72 (22,57%) 0.968
Time spent doing vigorous-intensity leisure activities (in minutes) 141 83,893 89,619 78,085 0.097
[77,009 ; 90,777] [79,963 ; 99,276] [68,218 ; 87,952]
Moderate-intensity leisure activities that cause large increases in breathing or heart rate for at least 10 minutes continuously 315 149 (47,30%) 71 (22,54%) 78 (24,76%) 0
Time spent doing moderate-intensity leisure activities (in minutes) 148 83,797 90,071 78,166 0.147
[75,873 ; 91,720] [76,250 ; 103,85] [69,541 ; 86,791]
Time spent sitting or reclining on a typical day (in minutes) 315 587,66 551,016 609,908 0.177
[544,804 ; 630,51] [486,416 ; 615,61] [553,091 ; 664,72]
Self-reported raised blood pressure 246 21 (8,54%) 6 (2,44%) 15 (6,10%) 0.658
Measured blood pressure
Normal blood pressure 253 145 (57.31%) 39 (15.42%) 106 (41.9%) 0
Raised blood pressure 253 85 (33.60%) 43 (17.00%) 42 (16.6%) 0.002
Stage 1 hypertension 253 16 (6.32%) 11 (4.35%) 5 (1.98%) 0.02
Stage 2 hypertension 253 7 (2.77%) 2 (0.79%) 5 (1.98%) 0.603
Diabetes 151 5 (3,31%) 1 (0,66%) 4 (2,65%) 0.464
Body Mass Index 325 23,308 22,793 24,143 0.176
[22,408 ; 24,208] [21,777 ; 23,809] [22,445 ; 25,880]
Severe underweight 324 3 (0,93%) 0 (0,00%) 3 (0,93%) 0.083
Moderate underweight 324 6 (1,85%) 3 (0,93%) 3 (0,96%) 0.554
Underweight 324 22 (6,79%) 6 (1,85%) 16 (4,94%) 0.273
Normal weight 324 219 (67,59%) 81 (25,00%) 138 (42,59%) 0.721
Overweight 324 51 (16,67%) 22 (6,79%) 32 (9,88%) 0.609
Obesity class 1 324 14 (4,32%) 7 (2,16%) 7 (2,16%) 0.359
Obesity class 2 324 3 (0,93%) 1 (0,31%) 2 (0,62%) 0.363
Obesity class 3 324 3 (0,93%) 1 (0,31%) 2 (0,62%) 0.877

*Percentages are reported between parentheses
**95% confidence intervals are reported between accolades