Association between having a primary care physician and health behavioral intention in Japan: results from a nationwide survey

Table 2 Crude comparisons of prevalence (%) of health behavioral intention between respondents with and without a Kakaritsuke-I

Health behavior	All individuals				Individuals with periodic doctor visits
	Total	Do you have a Kakaritsuke-I?			Total	Do you have a Kakaritsuke-I?
	Total	Yes	No	p-value^a	Total	Yes	No	p-value^a
Have well-balanced diet	52.8	60.2	45.0	< 0.001	56.3	61.0	45.0	< 0.001
Do moderate exercise	36.8	40.5	32.8	< 0.001	40.5	42.4	35.6	0.001
Get enough sleep	44.3	49.7	38.6	< 0.001	47.7	50.6	40.6	< 0.001
Do not smoke	42.7	45.7	39.5	< 0.001	46.1	48.1	41.3	0.002
Do not drink excessively	34.3	37.1	31.3	< 0.001	37.5	39.5	32.7	0.001
Do not build up stress	32.2	37.7	26.4	< 0.001	36.3	39.2	29.1	< 0.001
Participate in periodic health checkups	29.5	38.2	20.3	< 0.001	36.2	40.8	24.9	< 0.001
Others	1.4	1.9	0.8	0.001	1.7	1.9	1.2	0.245
Do not do anything	17.5	12.9	22.5	< 0.001	12.9	17.8	10.9	< 0.001
Got vaccinated against coronavirus	85.3	90.0	80.4	< 0.001	88.6	90.9	83.0	< 0.001
N	5,234	2,698	2,536		2,529	1,798	731

^a For the Chi-squared tests of the difference in prevalence between respondents with and without Kakaritsuke-I

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