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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Associations of smoking behavior with lifestyle and mental health among Japanese dental students

Variable

Female (%)

Male (%)

Total (%)

Participants

200 (44.2)

253 (55.8)

453 (100)

Age (years)

 mean ± SD

21.69 ± 2.32

22.38 ± 2.58

22.07 ± 2.49

 18–20

68 (34.0)

67 (26.5)

135 (29.8)

 20–22

84 (42.0)

110 (43.5)

194 (42.8)

 23–26

39 (19.5)

54 (21.3)

93 (20.5)

  ≥ 27

9 (4.5)

22 (8.7)

31 (6.8)

Academic year

  

Responses (%)

 1st

34 (17.0)

42 (16.6)

76/97 (78.4)

 2nd

40 (20.0)

46 (18.2)

86/103 (83.5)

 3rd

35 (17.5)

34 (13.4)

69/97 (71.1)

 4th

39 (20.5)

37 (15.0)

76/96 (79.2)

 5th

22 (11.0)

46 (18.2)

68/87 (78.2)

 6th

30 (15.0)

48 (19.0)

78/96 (81.3)

Ever smoked

 Never

183 (91.5)

163 (64.4)

346 (76.4)

 Yes

17 (8.5)

90 (35.6)

107 (23.6)

  1. SD standard deviation