Table 2.
Factors associated with the receipt of exercise advice from healthcare providers in a multivariable modified poisson regression analysis*
Variable | Category | Relative risk | 95% Confidence interval | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||
Clinical characteristics | ||||
BMI | Normal (≥18.5–<25 kg/m2) | Reference | ||
Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) | 0.74 | 0.54 | 1.03 | |
Overweight (≥25–<30 kg/m2) | 1.21 | 1.08 | 1.36 | |
Obese/Morbidly Obese (≥30 kg/m2) | 1.26 | 1.11 | 1.42 | |
Comorbidities | ≥1 Comorbidity | 1.29 | 1.03 | 1.62 |
None | Reference | |||
Difficulty performing ≥ 1 activity of daily living | Yes | 1.09 | 0.99 | 1.21 |
No | Reference | |||
Fall history in past 12 months | Yes | 1.04 | 0.94 | 1.16 |
No | Reference | |||
Radiation | Yes | 1.07 | 0.98 | 1.18 |
No | Reference | |||
Grade | Grade I | Reference | ||
Grade II | 0.97 | 0.88 | 1.08 | |
Grade III | 0.92 | 0.81 | 1.05 | |
Grade IV | 0.46 | 0.08 | 2.54 | |
Age at diagnosis | Continuous | 0.99 | 0.98 | 1.00 |
Time from survey to diagnosis | Continuous | 0.99 | 0.98 | 1.01 |
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
Race/ethnicity | Non-Hispanic White | Reference | ||
Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native/Asian or Pacific Islander | 1.17 | 1.01 | 1.36 | |
Non-Hispanic Black | 0.98 | 0.83 | 1.14 | |
Hispanic | 1.14 | 0.99 | 1.32 | |
Marital status | Married | Reference | ||
Divorced/separated/widowed | 1.02 | 0.93 | 1.13 | |
Never married | 0.79 | 0.61 | 1.03 | |
Education | College degree or more | Reference | ||
High school graduate or GED | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.98 | |
Less than high school | 0.77 | 0.67 | 0.88 |
*Represents a fully adjusted model; all variables in table were included in the model
BMI Body mass index, GED general education development