Total (%) Urban (%) Rural (%) P-value
Education
Illiteracy 9(0.3) 4(0.3) 5(0.4) 0.000407
Primary school 174(5.9) 78(5.0) 96(6.9)  
Secondary school 1574(53.3) 889(56.8) 685(49.4)  
College degree or above 1195(40.5) 595(38.0) 600(43.3)  
Income
   Under ¥700 398(14.3) 210(14.1) 188(14.5) 7.89E-22
   ¥701-¥1500 1259(45.0) 607(40.7) 652(50.1)  
   ¥1501-¥5000 974(34.8) 529(35.4) 445(34.2)  
   Over ¥5001 165(5.9) 148(9.9) 17(1.3)  
Diet
   Sweet foods 2494(84.0) 1305(82.8) 1189(85.4) 0.048
   Fried food 2650(89.9) 1387(88.9) 1263(91.1) 0.05
   Snacks 2370(79.9) 1254(79.7) 1116(80.0) 0.85
Exercise
   Seldom 9(0.3) 1(0.1) 7(0.5) 8.92E-23
   One time per week 2226(74.2) 1042(65.4) 1166(82.9)  
   One time per day 765(25.5) 550(34.5) 234(16.6)  
Job type
   Physical labor 1652(55.9) 793(50.3) 859(62.3) 6.13E-11
   Intellectual work 1303(44.1) 783(49.7) 520(37.7)  
Data are expressed as percentages.
“Sweets” means foods with added sugar that taste sweet, usually including both carbohydrates and fat-laden foods, such as candy, chocolate, cakes, bread, biscuits/cookies, ice cream, and sweet dried fruits. “Snacks” means other unsweetened snacks, such as melon seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, pistachio nuts, almond, and spicy broad beans or peas (Chinese relish). The total numbers of women in difference sub-groups were various, because some cases with missing record were deleted.
Table 4: Economic status and life style of participants by region.