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Table 2 Predictors of good dietary practice, high level of exercise, smoking and overconsumption of alcohol

From: Medical students’ health behaviour and self-reported mental health status by their country of origin: a cross-sectional study

Predictors

Good dietary practice (N = 553)

High level of exercise (N = 570)

Smoking (N = 563)

Overconsumption of alcohol (N = 553)

OR (CI95)

p-value

OR (CI95)

p-value

OR (CI95)

p-value

OR (CI95)

p-value

Country group (ref: Mediterranean)

Scandinavian

1.38 (0.57–3.34)

0.477

4.17 (2.05–8.46)

<0.001

0.33 (0.15–0.72)

0.005

3.11 (1.39–6.93)

0.006

Israel

1.28 (0.47–3.52)

0.633

2.24 (1.06–4.73)

0.034

0.49 (0.22–1.10)

0.082

0.71 (0.24–2.12)

0.538

Iran

0.88 (0.25–3.14)

0.843

1.83 (0.75–4.47)

0.185

0.36 (0.12–1.08)

0.069

0.75 (0.18–3.04)

0.684

Hungary

0.77 (0.34–1.75)

0.537

3.29 (1.82–5.96)

<0.001

0.61 (0.32–1.15)

0.124

0.31 (0.14–0.71)

0.006

Gender (ref: men)

2.38 (1.40–4.04)

0.001

0.57 (0.37–0.87)

0.009

0.56 (0.35–0.88)

0.011

1.19 (0.70–2.02)

0.526

Age

0.99 (0.88–1.13)

0.928

0.97 (0.88–1.08)

0.606

1.05 (0.94–1.17)

0.414

0.82 (0.71–0.94)

0.005

Nagelkerke R2 (%)

4.5

6.3

4.8

16.7

  1. Note: Bold characters indicate significant (p < 0.05) association