Boys | Girls | |||||||||
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Ideal | Non-ideal | Ideal | Non-ideal | |||||||
N/% | Mean±SE | N/% | Mean±SE | p Value* | N/% | Mean±SE | N/% | Mean±SE | p Value* | |
Health behaviours | ||||||||||
Smoking | 166/66 | 46.3±0.6 | 85/34 | 46.7±0.8 | 0.680 | 174/67 | 38.0±0.4 | 85/33 | 38.1±0.5 | 0.852 |
Body mass index | 219/87 | 47.4±0.5 | 32/13 | 40.2±1.1 | <0.001 | 216/83 | 38.5±0.3 | 43/17 | 34.8±0.7 | <0.001 |
Physical activity | 179/71 | 47.5±0.5 | 72/29 | 43.7±0.8 | <0.001 | 149/58 | 38.9±0.4 | 110/42 | 36.8±0.5 | 0.002 |
Diet | – | – | 251/100 | 46.4±0.5 | 4/2 | 37.5±2.4 | 255/98 | 38.0±0.4 | 0.823 | |
Health factors | ||||||||||
Total cholesterol | 195/78 | 47.1±0.5 | 56/22 | 44.1±0.9 | 0.004 | 138/53 | 38.0±0.4 | 121/47 | 38.0±0.5 | 0.967 |
Blood pressure | 223/89 | 46.8±0.5 | 28/11 | 43.3±1.4 | 0.016 | 228/88 | 38.2±0.3 | 31/12 | 36.2±0.9 | 0.033 |
Plasma glucose | 210/84 | 46.5±0.5 | 41/16 | 45.9±1.1 | 0.599 | 247/95 | 38.1±0.3 | 12/5 | 36.5±1.4 | 0.269 |
≥4 ideal components | <4 ideal components | ≥4 ideal components | <4 ideal components | |||||||
Presence of ideal components | 222/88 | 47.1±0.5 | 29/12 | 40.7±1.3 | <0.001 | 215/83 | 38.4±0.3 | 44/17 | 36.2±0.8 | 0.008 |
*From analysis of covariance with age as covariate and centre as random factor.
HELENA, Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence.
Bold numbers indicate statistically significant results.