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Table 2 Association between patient characteristics and receiving general practitioner advice on physical activity (logistic regression model; n = 1,627)

From: General practitioner advice on physical activity: Analyses in a cohort of older primary health care patients (getABI)

 

% receiving advice

Crude odds ratio

[95% confidence interval]

Adjusted odds ratiob

[95% confidence interval]

Socio-demographic variables

   

Sex

   

   Female

30.0

1

1

   Male

36.0

1.31 [1.07;1.61]*

1.34 [1.06;1.70]*

Age

   

   < 80 years

34.6

1

1

   ≥ 80 years

29.4

0.79 [0.63;0.98]*

0.78 [0.61;1.00]

Birthplace

   

   Outside Germany

39.2

1

1

   Germany

32.2

0.74 [0.52;1.04]

0.81 [0.57;1.17]

Education level

   

   No qualification or basic secondary school qualification

32.4

1

1

   Higher than basic secondary school qualification

33.4

1.05 [0.85;1.29]

1.11 [0.89;1.39]

Cardio-vascular risk factors

   

Currently smoking (baseline)

   

   No

33.0

1

1

   Yes

30.9

0.91 [0.60;1.38]

0.92 [0.59;1.43]

Waist circumferencea

   

   Women < 88 cm; men < 102 cm

28.9

1

1

   Women ≥ 88 cm; men ≥ 102 cm

35.2

1.34 [1.08;1.66]*

1.19 [0.94;1.51]

Medical conditions and medications

   

Hypertension

   

   No

28.6

1

1

   Yes

35.2

1.36 [1.09;1.69]*

1.09 [0.86;1.38]

Coronary heart disease and/or myocardial infarction

   

   No

29.0

1

1

   Yes

44.1

1.93 [1.53;2.43]*

1.56 [1.21;2.01]*

Chronic heart failure

   

   No

31.6

1

1

   Yes

38.0

1.32 [1.02;1.71]*

1.02 [0.77;1.35]

Diabetes mellitus

   

   No

28.6

1

1

   Yes

45.6

2.09 [1.66;2.64]*

1.79 [1.39;2.30]*

Peripheral arterial disease

   

   No

31.3

1

1

   Yes

44.2

1.74 [1.28;2.36]*

1.31 [0.94;1.83]

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

   

   No

32.0

1

1

   Yes

39.5

1.39 [1.01;1.90]*

1.23 [0.88;1.72]

Arthritis (degenerative or rheumatoid)

   

   No

29.0

1

1

   Yes

40.0

1.63 [1.32;2.02]*

1.37 [1.08;1.73]*

Osteoporosis

   

   No

32.4

1

1

   Yes

35.9

1.17 [0.86;1.58]

1.07 [0.77;1.50]

Number of medications

   

   unmedicated or ≤ 5

24.8

1

1

   > 5

40.2

2.03 [1.64;2.52]*

1.41 [1.11;1.80]*

Number of general practitioner visits (preceding 3 months)

   

   0-3 visits

31.0

1

1

   > 3 visits

40.2

1.50 [1.16;1.92]*

1.28 [0.97;1.67]

Need for walking aid

   

   No

32.2

1

1

   Yes

36.2

1.20 [0.90;1.59]

0.83 [0.61;1.15]

Falls (preceding 12 months)

   

   No

32.6

1

1

   Yes

33.7

1.05 [0.82;1.35]

1.04 [0.80;1.36]

Pain (preceding 3 months)

   

   No

26.9

1

1

   Yes

38.1

1.67 [1.36;2.07]*

1.43 [1.13;1.81]*

Sporting activities

   

   < 2.5 hours per week

33.0

1

1

   ≥ 2.5 hours per week

32.7

0.99 [0.80;1.23]

0.96 [0.76;1.22]

  1. * 95% Confidence interval not including 1
  2. a Waist circumference at 7-year follow-up was used for analysis. If this value was missing, waist circumference at 5-year follow-up was used.
  3. b Adjusted for all other variables in the table
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