1Graduate School of Public Health, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
2Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Characteristics | Classification | All subjects (n=2069) | Younger young adults (n=721) | Older young adults (n=1348) | p-value |
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Sex | Male | 884 (42.7) | 314 (43.6) | 570 (42.3) | 0.497 |
Female | 1185 (57.3) | 407 (56.4) | 778 (57.7) | ||
Region | Rural | 491 (23.7) | 172 (23.9) | 319 (23.7) | 0.176 |
Urban | 1578 (76.3) | 549 (76.1) | 1029 (76.3) | ||
College status | College-educated | 1652 (79.8) | 608 (84.3) | 1044 (77.4) | 0.003 |
Non-college-educated | 417 (20.2) | 113 (15.7) | 304 (22.6) | ||
Occupation | Non-manual | 736 (35.6) | 140 (19.4) | 596 (44.2) | <0.001 |
Manual | 531 (25.7) | 196 (27.2) | 335 (24.9) | ||
Other worker | 802 (38.7) | 385 (53.4) | 417 (30.9) | ||
Perceived health status | Good | 825 (39.9) | 337 (46.7) | 488 (36.2) | <0.001 |
Moderate | 1027 (49.6) | 312 (43.3) | 715 (53.0) | ||
Bad | 217 (10.5) | 72 (10.0) | 145 (10.8) | ||
Stress levels | Severe | 636 (30.7) | 201 (27.9) | 435 (32.3) | 0.023 |
Mild | 1433 (69.3) | 520 (72.1) | 913 (67.7) | ||
Alcohol consumption | Yes | 1410 (68.1) | 494 (68.5) | 916 (68.0) | 0.344 |
No | 659 (31.9) | 227 (31.5) | 432 (32.0) | ||
Regular walking | Yes | 920 (44.5) | 395 (54.8) | 525 (38.9) | <0.001 |
No | 1149 (55.5) | 326 (45.2) | 823 (61.1) | ||
Obesity | Underweight | 214 (10.3) | 109 (15.1) | 105 (7.8) | <0.001 |
Normal weight | 1334 (64.5) | 472 (65.5) | 862 (63.9) | ||
Overweight | 521 (25.2) | 140 (19.4) | 381 (28.3) | ||
Having depression | Yes | 60 (2.9) | 20 (2.8) | 40 (3.0) | 0.182 |
No | 2009 (97.1) | 701 (97.2) | 1308 (97.0) | ||
Exposure to secondhand smoke at home | Yes | 285 (13.8) | 124 (17.2) | 161 (11.9) | 0.012 |
No | 1784 (86.2) | 597 (82.8) | 1187 (88.1) | ||
Electronic cigarette use | Yes | 190 (9.2) | 59 (8.2) | 131 (9.7) | 0.140 |
No | 1879 (90.8) | 662 (91.8) | 1217 (90.3) | ||
Smoking status | Current smoking | 483 (23.3) | 132 (18.3) | 351 (26.0) | <0.001 |
Non-smoking | 1586 (76.7) | 589 (81.7) | 997 (74.0) |
Variables | Classification | Younger young adults (n=721) |
Older young adults (n=1348) |
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% | χ2 | p-value | % | χ2 | p-value | ||
Sex | Male | 32.0 | 66.560 | <0.001 | 48.0 | 226.741 | <0.001 |
Female | 7.3 | 10.4 | |||||
Region | Rural | 23.2 | 1.202 | 0.438 | 30.6 | 0.116 | 0.800 |
Urban | 19.5 | 29.6 | |||||
College status | College-educated | 16.9 | 31.585 | <0.001 | 25.2 | 48.323 | <0.001 |
Non-college-educated | 40.0 | 45.8 | |||||
Occupation | Non-manual | 6.3 | 28.950 | <0.001 | 26.3 | 126.212 | <0.001 |
Manual | 30.7 | 51.5 | |||||
Other worker | 19.7 | 15.3 | |||||
Perceived health status | Good | 18.2 | 16.256 | 0.003 | 24.3 | 28.093 | <0.001 |
Moderate | 18.9 | 30.3 | |||||
Bad | 38.3 | 47.2 | |||||
Stress levels | Severe | 21.4 | 0.104 | 0.779 | 36.6 | 13.811 | 0.002 |
Mild | 20.3 | 26.7 | |||||
Alcohol consumption | Yes | 24.7 | 19.081 | <0.001 | 36.5 | 63.220 | <0.001 |
No | 10.1 | 15.0 | |||||
Regular walking | Yes | 24.6 | 9.210 | 0.023 | 29.7 | 0.013 | 0.928 |
No | 15.4 | 30.0 | |||||
Obesity | Underweight | 18.3 | 10.098 | 0.015 | 25.6 | 27.260 | <0.001 |
Normal weight | 18.2 | 25.6 | |||||
Overweight | 30.3 | 39.8 | |||||
Having depression | Yes | 27.1 | 0.492 | 0.521 | 54.1 | 14.873 | 0.003 |
No | 20.4 | 28.9 | |||||
Exposure to secondhand smoke at home | Yes | 33.2 | 14.762 | 0.002 | 37.0 | 4.755 | 0.067 |
No | 17.9 | 28.8 | |||||
Electronic cigarette use | Yes | 72.9 | 119.429 | <0.001 | 83.8 | 248.342 | <0.001 |
No | 15.4 | 22.7 |
Variables | Classification | Younger young adults | Older young adults |
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Sex | Female | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Male | 4.12 (2.31, 7.35) | 9.64 (6.41, 14.50) | |
Region | Rural | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Urban | 0.89 (0.48,1.66) | 1.37 (0.87, 2.17) | |
College status | College-educated | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Non-college-educated | 3.58 (1.85, 6.92) | 3.23 (2.00, 5.22) | |
Occupation | Non-manual | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Manual | 4.50 (1.79, 11.31) | 2.02 (1.29, 3.16) | |
Other worker | 3.19 (1.31, 7.78) | 0.70 (0.42, 1.15) | |
Perceived health status | Bad | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Moderate | 0.35 (0.17, 0.71) | 0.38 (0.20, 0.70) | |
Good | 0.31 (0.15, 0.62) | 0.27 (0.14, 0.54) | |
Stress levels | Mild | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Severe | 1.19 (0.67, 2.10) | 1.54 (1.06, 2.22) | |
Alcohol consumption | No | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Yes | 2.39 (1.19, 4.79) | 2.38 (1.58, 3.92) | |
Regular walking | Yes | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
No | 0.59 (0.32, 1.10) | 1.26 (0.86, 1.86) | |
Obesity | Underweight | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Normal weight | 0.57 (0.31, 1.06) | 0.96 (0.64, 1.43) | |
Overweight | 0.66 (0.31, 1.38) | 1.17 (0.52, 2.66) | |
Having depression | No | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Yes | 1.20 (0.38, 3.80) | 1.80 (0.77, 4.20) | |
Exposure to secondhand smoke at home | No | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Yes | 1.78 (1.01, 3.16) | 1.64 (0.99, 2.75) | |
Electronic cigarette use | No | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Yes | 11.63 (5.08, 26.32) | 11.49 (5.59, 23.81) |
Values are presented as number (%).
Values are presented as odds ratio (95% confidence interval).