Provision of physical activity advice for patients with chronic diseases in Shenzhen, China

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Sociodemographic and health-related factors associated with receiving PA advice from physicians

Characteristics	Unadjusted OR	95% CI	P-value	Adjusted OR	95% CI	P-value
Gender
Female	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference	0.03*
Male	1.47	0.92–2.35	0.11	1.81	1.08–3.05	0.03*
Age					Not retained^a
<47	1.00	Reference
≥ 47	0.80	0.48–1.33	0.39
Education					Not retained
Less than Secondary school	1.00	Reference
Secondary school	1.23	0.65–2.34	0.52
More than secondary school	0.74	0.39–1.40	0.35
Employment status
Employed	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
Unemployed	0.29	0.10–0.84	0.02*	0.16	0.04–0.67	0.01*
Retired	1.32	0.73–2.39	0.36	1.34	0.72–2.50	0.36
BMI					Not retained
Underweight	1.00	Reference
Normal weight	1.03	0.33–3.21	0.96
Overweight	0.78	0.23–2.68	0.69
Obese	1.39	0.43–4.43	0.58
No. of years as a patient					Not retained
< 2.9	1.00	Reference
≥ 2.9	0.50	0.28–0.88	0.02*
Meeting PA guidelines within the last 6 months
No	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
Yes	0.30	0.13–0.73	0.01*	0.29	0.12–0.71	0.01*

OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, BMI Body mass index, PA, physical activity
^aThese factors were not included in the multivariate model
*p-value < 0.05

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