title: Sociodemographic determinants of university students' lifestyles.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  It has been observed during recent decades that a large percentage of the population has an inadequate lifestyle and that there is a need for identifying factors determining such behavior pattern. This study was thus aimed at determining the association between lifestyle and sociodemographic variables of freshmen attending a state university in southern Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consisted of 716 students (59.6 % female). The Fantastic questionnaire was used for evaluating the students' lifestyles; their lifestyle was classified as being suitable or inadequate. The sociodemographic variables of interest were gender, age group (<20 and ≥ 20 years), paid work (yes or no), maternal education (≤ 4 years of study, 5-8 years and ≥ 9 years), study shift (daytime or night-time) and marital status (single and married). Binary logistic regression was used for determining associations between lifestyle and sociodemographic characteristics (p<0.05 being significant).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Inadequate lifestyle prevalence was 5.3 %. Adjusted analysis results indicated that students over 20 years-old (OR=2.87: 1.37-6.03 95 %CI) whose mothers' formal education had lasted less than nine years (OR=2.23: 1.29-3.88 95 %CI) had a higher risk of having an inadequate lifestyle.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings may be useful for developing university healthcare promotion programs, paying special attention to older freshmen whose mothers have had less formal education.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Kinanthropometry and Human Performance, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil, ricardo.pacheco@ufsc.br.
authors.forename: Ricardo Lucas
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Kinanthropometry and Human Performance, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil, ricardo.pacheco@ufsc.br.
authors.forename: Diego A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Santos-Silva
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Recôncavo of Bahia, Cruz das Almas, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alex Pinheiro
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gordia
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Recôncavo of Bahia, Cruz das Almas, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tereza M Bianchini
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: de Quadros
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Recôncavo of Bahia, Cruz das Almas, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edio Luiz
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Petroski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult