Table 2: Comparisons of the behavioral characteristics of the cases and controls.
|
Variables |
Cases (N= 116) |
Controls (N= 232) |
P value |
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|
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
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|
Daily TV watching time |
|
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|
Up to 2 hours |
18 |
15.5 |
116 |
50 |
<0.0001 |
|
More than 2 hours |
98 |
84.5 |
116 |
50 |
|
|
TV in bedroom |
|
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|
Yes |
3 |
2.6 |
1 |
0.4 |
0.110 |
|
No |
113 |
97.4 |
231 |
99.6 |
|
|
Physical activity (60 min.) |
|
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|
Up to 2 days / week |
51 |
44 |
31 |
13.4 |
<0.0001 |
|
Three to five days / week |
55 |
47.4 |
90 |
38.8 |
|
|
Six to seven days / week |
10 |
8.6 |
111 |
47.8 |
|
|
Junk food consumption |
|
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|
Rare- sometimes |
22 |
19 |
112 |
48.3 |
<0.0001 |
|
Frequent –Daily |
94 |
81 |
120 |
51.7 |
|
|
Restaurant meal /week |
|
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|
Up to 3 times |
64 |
55.2 |
17 |
73.7 |
0.001 |
|
More than three times |
52 |
44.8 |
61 |
26.3 |
|
|
Fruits-vegetable / day |
|
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|
None |
20 |
19.2 |
2 |
0.9 |
<0.0001 |
|
One –two pieces |
55 |
47.4 |
119 |
51.3 |
|
|
≥ 3 pieces |
41 |
35.3 |
111 |
47.8 |
|
Chi-Square test used as a test of significance, P value 0.05 is level of significance.