Table 3 Percent distribution of lifestyle characteristics of participants
From: Dietary habits and Helicobacter pylori infection: a cross sectional study at a Lebanese hospital
|  | Overall n = 294 | H. pylori (−) n = 140 | H. pylori (+) n = 154 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cigarette smoking | ||||
 Non Smoker | 213 (72.4) | 109 (51.2) | 104 (48.8) | 0.074 |
 Current Smoker | 81 (27.6) | 32 (39.5) | 49 (60.5) |  |
  1–10 cigarettes/day | 27 (9.2) | 15 (55.6) | 12 (44.4) | 0.094 |
  11–20 cigarettes/day | 37 (12.6) | 12 (32.4) | 25 (67.6) |  |
  >  20 cigarettes/day | 18 (6.1) | 5 (27.8) | 13 (72.2) |  |
 Duration of smoking (years) | 15.74 ± 10.15 | 15.91 ± 10.14 | 15.63 ± 10.26 | 0.904 |
Waterpipe smoking | ||||
 Non Smoker | 226 (76.9) | 108 (47.8) | 118 (52.2) | 0.915 |
 Current Smoker | 68 (23.1) | 33 (48.5) | 35 (51.5) |  |
  Daily | 28 (9.5) | 12 (42.9) | 16 (57.1) | 0.281 |
  Weekly or monthly | 15 (5.1) | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) |  |
  Occasionally | 25 (8.5) | 11 (44.0) | 14 (56.0) |  |
Alcohol consumption | ||||
 Non drinker | 192 (65.3) | 92 (47.9) | 100 (52.1) | 0.984 |
 Current drinker | 102 (34.7) | 49 (48.0) | 53 (52.0) |  |
  One to several times a week | 19 (6.5) | 12 (63.2) | 7 (36.8) | 0.144 |
  One to several times a month | 83 (28.2) | 37 (44.6) | 46 (55.4) |  |
Duration of drinking | 11.94 ± 8.04 | 11.55 ± 7.37 | 12.30 ± 8.68 | 0.650 |
Feeling tense or stressed out | ||||
 Not at all | 46 (15.6) | 21 (45.7) | 25 (54.3) | 0.455 |
 Occasionally | 73 (24.8) | 30 (41.1) | 43 (58.9) |  |
 A lot of times | 57 (19.4) | 31 (54.4) | 26 (45.6) |  |
 Most of the time | 118 (40.1) | 59 (50.0) | 59 (50.0) |  |
Sleep per night | ||||
 <  7 h per day | 136 (46.3) | 63 (46.3) | 73 (53.7) | 0.602 |
 ≥ 7 h per day | 158 (53.7) | 78 (49.4) | 80 (50.6) |  |
Physical activity | ||||
 < once per week | 227 (77.2) | 109 (48.0) | 118 (52.0) | 0.924 |
 Once per week | 31 (10.5) | 14 (45.2) | 17 (54.8) |  |
 ≥ twice per week | 36 (12.2) | 18 (50.0) | 18 (50.0) |  |
Physical activity intensity | ||||
 None | 21 (7.1) | 11 (52.4) | 10 (47.6) | 0.090 |
 Light | 151 (51.4) | 62 (41.1) | 89 (58.9) |  |
 Moderate | 94 (32.0) | 54 (57.4) | 40 (42.6) |  |
 Vigorous | 28 (9.5) | 14 (50.0) | 14 (50.0) |  |