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Table 2 Crude and adjusted prevalence ratio (PR) of sociodemographic characteristics, medical history and behaviour associated with meeting the physical activity recommendation

From: Correlates, facilitators and barriers of physical activity among primary care patients with prediabetes in Singapore – a mixed methods approach

Characteristic

Crude PR (95% CI)

Adjusted PR+ (95% CI)

Sociodemographic characteristics

 Sex

  Female

Referent

  Male

1.18 (1.07–1.31)

1.21 (1.09–1.34) #

 Ethnicity

  Chinese

Referent

  Malay

0.92 (0.77–1.10)

0.99 (0.82–1.18)

  Indian

0.82 (0.61–1.08)

0.85 (0.71–1.02)

  Others

0.59 (0.24–1.45)

0.77 (0.35–1.67)

 Marital status

  Single

Referent

  Married

1.19 (0.93–1.52)

0.99 (0.78–1.25)

 Highest education level

  No formal education

Referent

  Primary

1.54 (0.66–3.59)

1.33 (0.62–2.84)

  Secondary

1.65 (0.72–3.80)

1.42 (0.67–3.01)

  Post-secondary

2.01 (0.87–4.62)

1.80 (0.86–3.77)

 Housing type*^

  1–3 room public housing

Referent

  4–5 room public housing

1.20 (1.09–1.33)

1.19 (1.07–1.31) #

  Executive flat/private property

1.32 (1.10–1.59)

1.26 (1.06–1.50) #

 Current work status

  Currently working

Referent

  Not working

0.99 (0.91–1.08)

0.96 (0.85–1.08)

 Age in years

1.00 (0.99–1.00)

0.99 (0.98–1.00)

Medical history

 Type of prediabetes

  Impaired fasting glycaemia

Referent

  Impaired glucose tolerance

1.01 (0.94–1.09)

1.01 (0.94–1.08)

 History of osteoarthritis

  No

Referent

  Yes

0.70 (0.53–0.94)

0.75 (0.59–0.96) #

 Years with prediabetes

1.02 (0.99–1.04)

1.01 (0.99–1.03)

Behaviour

 Having family members/friends to exercise with

  No

Referent

  Yes

1.62 (1.41–1.86)

1.57 (1.38–1.78) #

 Number of hours spent sitting or reclining daily*

0.97 (0.95–0.98)

0.96 (0.94–0.98) #

  1. * Contained missing numbers (housing type, 2; and number of hours spent sitting or reclining daily, 1)
  2. + The aPR of the variables that were not significant at the 5% level was obtained by incorporating that particular variable in the final multivariable model
  3. # These variables were significant at the 5% level and were included in the final multivariable model using the backward stepwise approach
  4. ^ The p value for trend was 0.02