Healthcare services utilization among international students in Ankara, Turkey: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Lifestyle habits of the study population

Characteristic	Male(n = 290)		Female(n = 245)		Total(n = 535)		P values
Characteristic	N	N%	N	N%	N	N%	P values
Chronic disease
Yes	14	4.8	12	4.9	26	4.9	1.000
No	276	95.2	233	95.1	509	95.1	1.000
Physical activity
Active	158	54.5	75	30.6	233	43.6	0.001
Average	126	43.4	150	61.2	276	51.6
Not active	6	2.1	20	8.2	26	4.9
Eating habits
Healthy	21	7.2	28	11.4	49	9.2	0.016
Average	124	43.1	124	50.6	249	46.5
Unhealthy	144	49.7	93	38.0	237	44.3
Tobacco use in entire life
Yes	90	31.0	54	22.0	144	26.9	0.019
No	200	69.0	191	78.0	391	73.1	0.019
Frequency of current smoking
Everyday	14	15.6	4	7.4	18	12.5	0.487
Some days	12	13.3	9	16.7	21	14.6
Rarely	31	34.4	22	40.7	53	36.8
Do not smoke	33	36.7	19	35.2	52	36.1
Alcohol use in entire life
Yes	101	34.8	66	26.9	167	31.2	0.062
No	189	65.2	179	73.1	368	68.8	0.062
Frequency of current alcohol consumption
Everyday	18	17.8	18	27.3	36	21.6	0.241
Some days	47	46.5	33	50.0	80	47.9
Rarely	33	32.7	13	19.7	46	27.5
Do not drink	3	3.0	2	3.0	5	3.0

Chi square test (with Fisher’s exact test) were used to compare variables by gender

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