Patient-reported GP health assessments rather than individual cardiovascular risk burden are associated with the engagement in lifestyle changes: population-based survey in South Australia

Table 1 Self-reported engagement in lifestyle changes and association¹ with sociodemographic variables among individuals ≥35 years in South Australia in 2017 (N = 2384)

	%	Increasing fruit and vegetable intake	Increasing physical activity level	Reducing alcohol consumption^a	Tried to quit smoking^b
Overall (95% CI)		33.6% (31.2–36.1)	40.9% (38.4–43.4)	31.1% (28.3–33.9)	34.0% (29.1–39.3)
Sex		**		*
Male	48.1	29.8	38.7	33.9	38.2
Female	51.9	37.2	43.0	28.0	30.0
Age group		**	***
35–49 years	32.7	38.0	42.9	31.4	34.0
50–64 years	35.3	36.8	44.7	32.2	29.3
65–79 years	25.2	27.4	38.3	31.3	53.5
≥ 80 years	6.8	17.6	18.7	18.9	58.4
Marital status
Married	72.7	33.0	40.2	30.4	37.4
Unmarried	27.4	35.7	42.4	33.1	31.0
Residence area				***
Urban	72.8	33.5	40.8	27.9	35.9
Rural	27.2	34.1	41.1	40.1	32.4
Educational level		*	*
Bachelor or higher	25.4	31.8	42.8	29.1	22.3
Trade qualification	13.1	31.5	35.5	32.4	35.9
Certificate/diploma	27.1	36.1	45.3	32.3	45.2
Secondary	22.3	37.9	39.1	33.0	27.5
Less than secondary	12.2	25.6	35.4	26.3	36.5
Working status
Employed full time	32.9	35.8	44.4	34.4	31.0
Employed part time	18.4	36.8	37.0	29.9	39.8
Not working	16.6	29.8	38.4	32.8	43.1
Retired	32.1	31.1	40.9	26.5	24.6
Dwelling			**
Owner	76.7	34.6	40.5	30.7	34.4
Rented privately	15.3	31.7	47.4	30.5	37.0
Government/community housing	8.0	28.0	31.1	36.7	31.6
Socioeconomic position
Highest	18.7	35.4	36.3	35.8	23.5
High	22.0	33.9	40.0	26.7	37.1
Middle	19.0	31.7	43.5	30.1	31.1
Low	16.4	29.0	38.9	29.9	39.9
Lowest	23.9	37.0	45.2	32.9	34.8

P-value * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001
¹ Results considering mutual adjustment between all sociodemographic variables and mental health status. Maximum likelihood estimates (pseudolikelihood log) values for the full models: increasing fruit and vegetable intake = − 1257.6; increasing physical activity level = − 1339.7; reducing alcohol consumption = − 983.5; tried to quit smoking = − 223.5
^a Results for the 1881 individuals that consumed alcohol in the last 12 months
^b Results for the 409 individuals that smoked in the last 12 months

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