Knowledge, Awareness, and Practices toward Colorectal Cancer and Its Dietary and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors among Jordanian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Differences in the knowledge and awareness regarding dietary and lifestyle risky or protective behaviors based on the sex variable ().
Behavior
Category
Total, (%)
Female, (%)
Male, (%)
value
How often do you engage in physical activities?
Less than three days of training/week (infrequent/risky)
530 (66.7%)
410 (51.6)
120 (15.1)
0.0001
More than/equal to 3 days of activity/week (frequent/protective)
265 (33.3%)
170 (21.4)
95 (11.9)
What is your usual serving per day of fruits?
Less than two servings/day (infrequent/risky)
683 (85.9)
498 (62.6)
185 (23.3)
0.5240
More than/equal two servings/day (frequent/protective)
112 (14.1%)
82 (10.3)
30 (3.8)
What is your usual serving number of vegetables/per day
Less than three servings/day (infrequent/risky)
627 (78.9%)
436 (54.8)
191 (24.0)
0.0001
More than/equal three servings/day (frequent/protective)
168 (21.1%)
144 (18.1)
24 (3.0)
What is your usual serving number per day of fiber?
Less than/equal to 1 serving/day (infrequent/risky)
499 (62.8%)
362 (45.5)
137 (17.2)
0.4000
More than one serving/day (frequent/protective)
296 (37.2%)
218 (27.4)
78 (9.8)
What is your usual serving number per day of onion?
Less than/equal to 1 serving/day (infrequent/risky)
711 (89.4%)
513 (64.5)
198 (24.9)
0.0850
More than 1servings/day (frequent/protective)
84 (10.6%)
67 (8.4)
17 (2.1)
What is your usual serving size per day of dairy products?
Less/equal to 1 serving/day (infrequent/risky)
467 (58.7%)
344 (43.3)
123 (15.5)
0.3250
More than one serving/day (frequent/protective)
328 (41.3%)
236 (29.7)
92 (11.6)
What is your usual serving size per day of fat?
More than/equal to 4 servings/day (frequent/risky)
34 (4.3%)
26 (3.3)
8 (1.0)
0.4020
Less than four servings/day (infrequent/protective)
761 (95.7%)
554 (69.7)
207 (26.0)
What is your usual serving size per day of red meats?
More than one serving/day (frequent/risky)
98 (12.3)
53 (6.7)
45 (5.7)
0.0001
Less than/equal to 1 serving/day (infrequent/protective)
697 (87.7)
527 (66.3)
170 (21.4)
What is your usual serving size per day of processed meats?
More than one serving/day (frequent/risky)
55 (6.9)
33 (4.2)
22 (2.8)
0.0210
Less than/equal to 1 serving/day (infrequent/protective)
740 (93.1)
547 (68.8)
193 (24.3)
What is your usual serving size per week of French fries?
More than one serving/week (frequent/risky)
117 (14.7)
81 (10.2)
36 (4.5)
0.1910
Less than/equal to 1 serving/week (infrequent/protective)
678 (85.3)
499 (62.8)
179 (22.5)
Smoking
Yes (risky)
357 (44.9)
208 (26.2)
149 (18.7)
0.0001
No (protective)
438 (55.1)
372 (46.8)
66 (8.3)
P value considered significant if it is less than < 0.05.
