Table 4 Characteristics of the healthy lifestyle score for the BHIS subset (n = 6054) and the BELHES subset (n = 739)

Lifestyle score

3.1 (0.9)

3.1 (0.9)

Smoking status

 Regular smoker (0)

1002 (16.6%)

129 (17.5%)

 Occasional smoker (1)

159 (2.6%)

25 (3.4%)

 Former smoker (2)

1472 (24.3%)

180 (24.4%)

 Nonsmoker (3)

3421 (56.5%)

405 (54.8%)

BMI

 Underweight/obese (0)

1123 (18.6%)

119 (16.1%)

 Overweight (1)

2073 (34.2%)

248 (33.6%)

 Normal weight (2)

2858 (47.2%)

372 (50.3%)

Physical activity

 Sedentary activities (0)

1795 (29.7%)

185 (25.0%)

 Light activities < 4 h/week (1)

1391 (23.0%)

167 (22.6%)

 Light activities > 4 h/week or sport < 4 h/week (2)

1820 (30.1%)

227 (30.7%)

 Sport > 4 h/week or intense training (3)

1048 (17.3%)

160 (21.7%)

Alcohol consumption

  ≥ 22 drinks/week (0)

294 (4.9%)

31 (4.2%)

 15–21 drinks/week (1)

323 (5.3%)

52 (7.0%)

 8–14 drinks/week (2)

738 (12.2%)

101 (13.7%)

 1–7 drinks/week (3)

1777 (29.4%)

235 (31.8%)

  < 1 drink/week or abstainers (4)

2922 (48.3%)

320 (43.3%)

Diet

 Diet score 0–9 (0)

1769 (29.2%)

210 (28.4%)

 Diet score 10–12 (1)

2621 (43.3%)

325 (44.0%)

 Diet score 13–16 (2)

1664 (27.5%)

204 (27.6%)