Key health promotion factors among male members of staff at a higher educational institution: A cross-sectional postal survey

Table 5 Association between physical activity, demographic, socio-economic & lifestyle characteristics (n = 501)

Factors ^(b)	Physical activity level				χ²-test	Logistic Regression
	Yes^(a) (n = 193)		No (n = 308)
	n	%	n	%	Unadjusted p value	Adjusted p value	OR	95% CI
Age						0.1
33 and under	42	59	29	41	0.001	-	1.0	Referent
34–42	55	42	76	58		0.2	1.6	0.8–2.9
43–50	36	31	82	69		0.01	2.5	1.2–4.9
51–59	44	34	87	66		0.02	2.3	1.1–4.7
60 and over	16	32	34	68		0.03	2.6	1.1–6.1
Marital status						0.3
Single	49	52	45	47	0.01	-	1.0	Referent
Married/living with partner	135	35	251	65		0.2	1.5	0.8–2.4
Separated/divorced	9	43	12	57		0.8	0.9	0.3–2.4
Smoking status
Non smokers&ex smokers	179	39	275	61	0.3	-	1.0	Referent
Current smoker	14	30	33	70		0.02	2.4	1.2–5.1
Alcohol status (drank less than recommended 21 units per week)
Yes	156	37	267	63	0.1	-	1.0	Referent
No	37	47	41	53		0.2	0.7	0.4–1.2
Job title						0.04
Professor/reader	22	27	59	73	0.02		1.0	Referent
Lecturer/senior lecturer	40	32	87	68		0.8	0.9	0.5–1.7
Research/Teaching fellow/assistant	41	44	53	56		0.5	0.8	0.4–1.6
Administrative&Secretarial staff& Support technical	41	41	60	59		0.2	0.7	0.4–1.3
Support manual	23	52	21	48		0.01	0.3	0.1–0.7
Other	26	48	28	52		0.1	0.5	0.2–1.1

^(a) have met guidelines for physical activity level (30 minutes per day for 5 days a week)
^(b) age, marital status, job, alcohol consumption, smoking status as independent variables.

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