Association of knowledge, preventive counseling and personal health behaviors on physical activity and consumption of fruits or vegetables in community health workers

Table 2 Relationships of knowledge about healthy behaviors and preventive counseling for physical activity self-reported healthy behaviors among community health workers, Brazil, 2011

	Reported consuming five portions per day of fruits or vegetables
	OR (CI95%)¹	OR (CI95%)²
Correct knowledge of daily fruits and vegetables to consumption recommendation (five portions per day)
No	1	1
Yes	5.0 (1.2 – 21.4)	4.5 (1.03 – 19.7)
Reported physical activity (minutes per week)
<150 minutes	1	1
150 minutes or more	2.0 (1.03 – 3.7)	2.0 (1.03 – 3.7)
Leisure time physical activity reported
No	1	1
Yes	2.0 (1.1 – 3.7)	2.0 (1.05 – 3.6)
Reported physical activity (minutes per week)
Physical inactivity (<10 minutes)	1	1
Practice of 10 to 149 minutes	4.0 (0.5 – 32.3)	4.0 (0.5 – 33.0)
Practice of 150 minutes or more	6.5 (0.8 – 50.6)	6.5 (0.83 – 51.2)
	Counseling on regular physical activity (at least six months) (yes)
	OR (CI95%) ¹	OR (CI95%) ²
Reported physical activity (minutes per week)
Physical inactivity (<10 minutes)	1	1
Practice of 10 to 149 minutes	3.4 (1.0 – 11.8)	3.8 (1.1 – 13.3)
Practice of 150 minutes or more	4.7 (1.4 – 15.5)	4.9 (1.5 – 16.5)

OR (odds ratio); CI (confidence interval) ¹Unadjusted; ²Adjusted for gender, age and education.

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