relation: http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/36127/
title: Association of smoking, physical activity, and dietary habits with socioeconomic variables: a cross-sectional study in adults on both sides of the Hungarian-Romanian border
creator:  Nédó Erika
creator:  Paulik Edit
subject: 03.01. Általános orvostudomány
description: ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The association between socioeconomic  status and health-related behaviours has been clarified in  several epidemiological studies. The aim of this study was to  reveal the socioeconomic differences in health-related  behaviours and in nutritional status of Hungarian and Romanian  citizens living on both sides of the border. METHODS: A cross- sectional study based on interviewer-administered questionnaires  was conducted on both sides of the Hungarian-Romanian border.  The survey was completed by 1, 099 Hungarians (Hu) and 852  Romanians (Ro) aged 18 years and over; the overall participation  rate was 92.9%. Demographic and socioeconomic factors, health- related behaviours (smoking, dietary habits and physical  activity), body weight and height were recorded. All analyses  were performed separately for Hungarians and Romanians. Simple  descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were used  to measure the associations between socioeconomic status and  behaviour, as well as obesity. RESULTS: The prevalence of  smoking was similar in Hungarians and Romanians (33.2% and  36.4%). The frequency of "unhealthy diet" was 70.6% in  Hungarians and 75.2% in Romanians. Physical inactivity was more  prevalent in Romanians (73.2%) than in Hungarians (32.0%), while  the prevalence of obesity was higher in Hungarians (22.0%) than  in Romanians (16.5%). Based on the univariate logistic  regression models the risk of smoking was higher among those  with medium educational level (ORHu = 1.66) and poor financial  conditions (ORHu = 3.13) in Hungarians. The risk of unhealthy  diet was higher among the low educated (ORHu = 1.77; ORRo =  7.91) and among those with poor financial conditions (ORHu =  2.05; ORRo = 4.25). None of the socioeconomic factors was  associated with leisure time physical inactivity. In the  multivariate models obesity was associated with medium level of  education in Hungarians, and with unhealthy diet in Romanians  (ORRo = 2.10). Physically inactive Hungarians were more (ORHu =  1.74), whereas inactive Romanians were less (ORRo = 0.64) likely  to be obese than physically active people from the same country.  CONCLUSIONS: The present study shows that socioeconomic status  is associated with health-related behaviours in a small area of  Hungary and Romania. The results highlight the need for  developing interventional strategies, focusing more on people in  lower socioeconomic status, in order to reduce the existing  inequalities in health and health-related behaviours.
date: 2012
type: Folyóiratcikk
type: PeerReviewed
format: text
identifier: http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/36127/1/1916246.pdf
identifier:     Nédó Erika;  Paulik Edit: Association of smoking, physical activity, and dietary habits with socioeconomic variables: a cross-sectional study in adults on both sides of the Hungarian-Romanian border.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 12 (1).   ISSN 1471-2458 (2012)     
identifier: doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-60
relation: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-60
relation: 1916246
language: eng