Table 1 General characteristics of the study population
Variables | Cancer Survivor | General Population | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | ||
Awareness on nutrition labelling | |||||
Checks nutrition facts and makes labeling-dependent purchase decisions | 107 | 16.30 | 4468 | 19.32 | <.0001 |
Checks nutrition facts but does not make labeling-dependent purchase decisions/ Aware of nutrition facts but does not check them when making food purchase decisions | 271 | 40.84 | 11,681 | 52.02 | |
Unaware of nutrition facts | 346 | 42.87 | 8283 | 28.66 | |
Sex | |||||
Male | 281 | 39.88 | 10,131 | 46.84 | 0.1530 |
Female | 443 | 60.12 | 14,301 | 53.16 | |
Age (years) | |||||
30–39 | 26 | 5.11 | 5679 | 27.64 | <.0001 |
40–49 | 86 | 16.00 | 5468 | 27.82 | |
50–59 | 150 | 23.28 | 5047 | 21.82 | |
60+ | 462 | 55.61 | 8238 | 22.72 | |
Educational level | |||||
Under high school graduation | 562 | 75.11 | 15,778 | 60.63 | <.0001 |
Bachelor’s degree | 137 | 20.52 | 7550 | 34.32 | |
Master’s degree or above | 25 | 4.37 | 1104 | 5.04 | |
Household income | |||||
Low | 238 | 31.09 | 4796 | 15.71 | <.0001 |
Mid-low | 169 | 22.85 | 6126 | 25.55 | |
Mid-high | 156 | 21.83 | 6697 | 29.41 | |
High | 161 | 24.22 | 6813 | 29.34 | |
BMI | |||||
< 23 | 357 | 51.37 | 10,798 | 42.86 | 0.0239 |
23–25 | 158 | 19.96 | 5816 | 24.00 | |
> 25 | 209 | 28.68 | 7818 | 33.14 | |
Aerobic exercise habits | |||||
Yes | 198 | 28.44 | 7048 | 31.46 | 0.3800 |
No | 526 | 71.56 | 17,384 | 68.55 | |
Smoking status | |||||
Non-smoker | 652 | 89.51 | 19,871 | 77.06 | <.0001 |
Smoker | 72 | 10.49 | 4561 | 22.94 | |
High-risk drinking | |||||
No | 689 | 93.83 | 22,032 | 87.69 | <.0001 |
Yes | 35 | 6.17 | 2400 | 12.31 | |
Family history for hyperlipidemia | |||||
No | 704 | 96.60 | 23,269 | 94.99 | 0.0123 |
Yes | 20 | 3.40 | 1163 | 5.01 | |
Survey year | |||||
2010 | 104 | 12.80 | 4089 | 14.77 | 0.0484 |
2011 | 104 | 13.53 | 3983 | 15.17 | |
2012 | 102 | 12.84 | 3637 | 14.54 | |
2013 | 100 | 16.38 | 3312 | 14.17 | |
2014 | 88 | 13.00 | 3121 | 13.64 | |
2015 | 106 | 14.10 | 2969 | 13.68 | |
2016 | 120 | 17.35 | 3321 | 14.03 | |
Stress awareness | |||||
Low | 559 | 75.90 | 18,566 | 74.82 | 0.4488 |
High | 165 | 24.10 | 5866 | 25.18 | |
Subjective health status | |||||
Good | 163 | 21.56 | 7965 | 33.15 | <.0001 |
Normal | 338 | 47.32 | 12,123 | 50.57 | |
Bad | 223 | 31.12 | 4344 | 16.28 | |
The frequency of eating out | |||||
More than five times a week | 118 | 17.24 | 7895 | 38.29 | <.0001 |
Less than four times a week | 606 | 82.76 | 16,537 | 61.71 | |
Average amount of total energy intake (Kcal) | 1754.49 | ±29.16 | 2057.86 | ±8.27 | <.0001 |
Average amount of daily carbohydrate intake (g) | 297.97 | ±4.99 | 319.75 | ±1.22 | 0.0030 |
Average amount of daily fat intake (g) | 31.42 | ±1.09 | 43.20 | ±0.32 | <.0001 |
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 190.02 | ±1.50 | 192.54 | ±0.30 | 0.3827 |
Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 134.51 | ±5.94 | 138.05 | ±1.02 | 0.3745 |
LDL cholesterol(mg/dL) | 112.67 | ±1.43 | 114.80 | ±0.28 | 0.7387 |
Total | 724 | 100.00 | 24,432 | 100.00 | |