Effect of the COVID-19 Epidemic on Body Mass Index: Findings from a Large Survey during Wuhan Lockdown

Table 2

Comparison of lifestyle and health status between residents living in and leaving Wuhan during the lockdown. Wuhan, China, 2020.

Variable	Group	Total (%); N = 11,206	Wuhan (%); N = 8,110	Other regions (%); N = 3,096	χ ^2
Respondent’s health status	Became worse	7.3	8.2	5.0	37.6581	<0.001
	Stayed about the same	86.6	86.1	88.0
	Became better	6.1	5.7	7.0
Chronic disease	Hypertension	6.9	8.7	2.4	138.8104	<0.001
	Diabetes	2.2	2.7	0.8	39.4893	<0.001
	Cardiovascular disease	1.8	2.3	0.4	44.8090	<0.001
	Other types of chronic disease	9.5	10.6	6.7	39.2762	<0.001
	At least one chronic disease	17.0	19.8	9.6	166.3291	<0.001
Smoking change	Never smoked or quit smoking	74.6	74.0	76.2	8.6278	0.035
	Increased a lot or a little	4.0	4.2	3.3
	Stayed about the same	10.8	11.1	9.9
	Decreased a lot or a little	10.7	10.7	10.6
Alcohol drinking change	Never drank or quit drinking	60.8	61.9	57.9	20.8320	<0.001
	Increased a lot or a little	2.8	2.5	3.5
	Stayed about the same	20.9	20.1	22.8
	Decreased a lot or a little	15.5	15.4	15.8
Food habits affected	Great impact	14.3	15.6	11.0	71.0466	<0.001
	Little impact	55.7	56.3	53.9
	No impact	30.0	28.1	35.1
Physical activity change	Increased a lot	4.0	4.1	3.8	44.4543	<0.001
	Increased a little	8.3	8.1	8.9
	Stayed about the same	24.4	22.9	28.5
	Decreased a little	27.2	27.8	25.7
	Decreased a lot	36.0	37.1	33.1