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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants (n = 24,159)

From: Associations between breakfast eating habits and health-promoting lifestyle, suboptimal health status in Southern China: a population based, cross sectional study

Characteristic

n

%

Age

  

≤25

13,759

57.0

<25 and < =35

5114

21.2

>35

5286

21.9

Gender

  

Man

11,796

48.8

Woman

12,363

51.2

BMI

  

Non-overweight

21,735

90.0

Overweight

2424

10.0

Married status

  

Unmarried

14,358

59.4

Married

9801

40.6

Education level

  

Less than junior high school

2389

9.9

High school or college

8848

36.6

Bachelor degree or above

12,922

53.5

Occupation

  

Professional

5370

22.2

Manager

3627

15.0

Clerk

233

1.0

Soldier

11

0.0

High school students

10,178

42.1

Production personnel

131

0.5

Operating personnel

2577

10.7

Business, service personnel

360

1.5

Freelancer

873

3.6

Inoccupation (housewife, etc.)

56

0.2

Others

743

3.1

Smoking

  

No

20,409

84.5

Yes

3251

14.5

Quit

260

1.1

Missing

239

1.0

Drinking

  

Never

7157

29.6

Little

10,925

45.2

Sometimes

5316

22.0

Often

555

2.3

Always

40

0.2

Missing

166

0.7