Distribution of lifestyle among men and women of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) study cohort, according to selected psychosocial characteristics—baseline study: 2008–2010
| Psychosocial characteristics selected | Women | Men | ||||
| Lifestyle | Lifestyle | |||||
| Less healthy | More healthy | Less healthy | More healthy | |||
| n | % | % | n | % | % | |
| Sociodemographic | ||||||
| Age range | ||||||
| 35–49 years | 3403 | 29.8 | 70.2 | 2912 | 34.6 | 65.4 |
| 50–59 years | 2956 | 23.6 | 76.4 | 2350 | 35.8 | 64.2 |
| 60 or + years | 1707 | 15.2 | 84.8 | 1512 | 24.3 | 75.7 |
| Race/skin colour | ||||||
| Black | 1441 | 33.4 | 66.6 | 932 | 39.2 | 60.8 |
| Mixed race | 2140 | 27.3 | 72.7 | 1998 | 39.2 | 60.8 |
| White/Caucasian | 4108 | 20.4 | 79.6 | 3535 | 27.7 | 72.3 |
| Asian | 238 | 14.7 | 85.3 | 126 | 22.2 | 77.8 |
| Indigenous | 64 | 28.2 | 71.8 | 91 | 40.7 | 59.3 |
| Education level | ||||||
| Basic education level (primary) | 765 | 31.24 | 68.76 | 1128 | 45.66 | 54.34 |
| High-school equivalent (secondary) | 2908 | 29.61 | 70.39 | 2215 | 39.14 | 60.86 |
| University degree or higher (tertiary) | 4393 | 19.83 | 80.17 | 3431 | 24.28 | 75.72 |
| Professional status | ||||||
| Currently working | 6196 | 26.9 | 73.1 | 5679 | 34.4 | 65.6 |
| Retired | 1870 | 16.1 | 83.9 | 1095 | 23.9 | 76.1 |
| Social–familial | ||||||
| Age of children in household | ||||||
| Up to 14 years of age | 1660 | 28.5 | 71.5 | 1870 | 35.1 | 64.9 |
| Age 14 or older, or no children at home | 6406 | 23.4 | 76.6 | 4904 | 31.8 | 68.2 |
| Monthly housekeeper | ||||||
| Yes | 5980 | 26.3 | 73.7 | 5159 | 35.9 | 64.1 |
| No | 2086 | 19.2 | 80.8 | 1614 | 22.4 | 77.6 |
| Sociocognitive | ||||||
| Self-perceived health status | ||||||
| Very poor/poor/fair | 1609 | 29.9 | 70.1 | 1355 | 40.0 | 60.0 |
| Good/very good | 6457 | 23.1 | 76.9 | 5419 | 30.9 | 69.1 |
| Body image satisfaction | ||||||
| Yes | 878 | 21.4 | 78.6 | 1284 | 29.8 | 70.2 |
| No | 7133 | 24.8 | 75.2 | 7439 | 33.5 | 66.5 |
IC 95% = CI of 95% (source: ELSA-Brasil).