Health Behavior and Lifestyle Trends among Platelet Donors: Results from a Questionnaire-Based Survey in Norway

Table 4

Distribution of the body mass index (BMI) categories by sociodemographic and health behavioral characteristics.

Variable	Normal	Overweight		Obese
Overall	18 (21)	43 (50)		25 (29)
Gender
Male	5 (13)	23 (61)		10 (26)
Female	13 (27)	20 (42)	0.06	15 (31)	0.41
Age group
22-50 y	7 (17)	22 (52)		13 (31)
51-69 y	11 (25)	21 (48)	0.38	12 (27)	0.40
Education level
≥Bachelor’s degree	13 (32)	17 (41)		11 (27)
≤High school	5 (11)	26 (58)	0.02	14 (31)	0.06
PA status
Met	13 (31)	29 (48)		9 (21)
Not met	5 (11)	23 (52)	0.06	16 (37)	0.02
Smoking status
Nonsmoker	15 (20)	37 (49)		23 (31)
Current smoker	3 (27)	6 (55)	0.78	2 (18)	0.38
Drinking status
Less frequent	12 (20)	32 (52)		17 (28)
More frequent	6 (27)	10 (46)	0.45	6 (27)	0.61

Data are presented as number (percentage). Row percentages are given. For abbreviations: see Table 2.