Correlates of smoking with socioeconomic status, leisure time physical activity and XXXX consumption among Polish adults from randomly selected regions.

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AIM: To determine the association between smoking status and leisure time physical activity (LTPA), @entity167 consumption, and socioeconomic status (SES) among Polish adults. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 466 randomly selected @entity1 and @entity1 (aged 18-66 years) responded to an anonymous questionnaire regarding smoking, @entity167 consumption, LTPA, and SES. Multiple logistic regression was used to examine the association of smoking status with six socioeconomic measures, level of LTPA, and frequency and type of @entity167 consumed. Smokers were defined as individuals smoking occasionally or daily. RESULTS: The odds of being smoker were 9 times ( @entity1 ) and 27 times ( @entity1 ) higher among respondents who drink @entity167 several times/ week or everyday in comparison to non-drinkers (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.0001). Among @entity1 with the elementary/vocational level of education the frequency of smoking was four times higher compared to those with the high educational attainment (p = 0.007). Among @entity1 we observed that students were the most frequent smokers. Female students were almost three times more likely to smoke than non-professional @entity1 , and two times more likely than physical workers (p = 0.018). CONCLUSION: The findings of this study indicated that among randomly selected Polish @entity1 and @entity1 aged 18-66 smoking and @entity167 consumption tended to cluster. These results imply that intervention strategies need to target multiple risk factors simultaneously. The highest risk of smoking was observed among low educated @entity1 , female students, and both @entity1 and @entity1 drinking @entity167 several times a week or every day. Information on subgroups with the high risk of smoking will help in planning future preventive strategies.
