Table 1 Socioeconomic and lifestyle characteristics, presence of morbidities and nutritional status of yogurt consumers and non-consumers^a

Relationship status (with partner)

679

52.0

772

53.7

1451

55.6

0.3883

Work activity (working/studying)*^b

869

67.7

803

65.5

1672

65.1

0.0058

Education level (≥8 years)*

1093

83.8

1042

79.9

2135

81.8

0.0095

Child at home (yes)

479

63.3

441

66.2

920

35.2

0.1195

 Dependent

15

2.3

25

3.8

40

3.0

0.3357

 Harmful

29

4.5

24

3.6

53

4.0

 Risk

148

22.7

159

24.1

307

23.4

 Low risk

460

70.7

452

68.5

912

69.5

Alcohol intake (g/day)*^{d e}, Mean (DP)

3.6

13.6

6.4

13.7

5,89

7,13

<0.001

Smoking status (currently smoker)*

283

21.7

332

25.5

615

23.6

0.0252

Sedentary (yes)

1138

87.2

1169

89.6

2307

88.4

0.0582

Active in leisure time (yes)*

225

17.2

187

14.3

412

15.8

0.0413

 Not overweight

535

41.0

539

41.3

1074

41.1

0.2704

 Overweight

420

32.2

449

34.4

869

33.3

 Obese

350

26.8

317

24.3

667

25.6

Abdominal circumference (adequate)

701

53.7

727

55.7

1428

54.7

0.3066

Hypertension (yes)

189

14.5

203

15.6

392

15.0

0.4479

Diabetes Mellitus (yes)

64

4.0

64

5.2

702

26.9

0.7242

Osteoporosis (yes)

24

1.8

23

1.8

47

1.8

0.8851

Dyslipidemia (yes)

90

6.9

101

7.7

191

7.3

0.4115

Allergy (yes)

94

7.2

109

8.4

203

7.8

0.2754

Lactose Intolerance (yes)

13

1.0

23

1.8

36

1.4

0.0937

Heart disease (yes)

18

1.4

26

2.0

44

1.7

0.2229

Anxiety or depression (yes)

108

8.3

90

6.9

198

7.6

0.1814

Parkinson (yes)

1

0.1

0

0.0

1

0.0

0.4998

Sleep disturbance (yes)

29

2.2

32

2.5

61

2.3

0.6998

Cancer (Yes)

6

0.5

7

0.5

13

0.5

0.7820

Rheumatic disease (yes)

24

1.8

28

2.2

52

2.0

0.5791

HIV (yes)

2

0.2

1

0.1

3

0.1

0.6249