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. 2012 Mar 5;14(2):e43. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1788

Table 4.

Determinants of website use of a workplace health promotion program.

Characteristics Website use month 1-3
after invitations to fill out questionnaire
(n=630)c
Website use month 4-12
after invitations to fill out questionnaire
(n=729)
univariate multivariate univariate multivariate
OR (95%CI) OR (95%CI) OR (95%CI) OR (95%CI)
Demographics
Male gender 0.88 (0.71-1.11) 0.87 (0.69-1.09) 1.09 (0.78-1.52)
Age <30 years 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Age 30-39 years 1.05 (0.74-1.51) 1.06 (0.74-1.52) 0.90 (0.50-1.61) 0.85 (0.47-2.20)
Age 40-49 years 1.31 (0.92-1.88) 1.32 (0.92-1.89) 1.15 (0.66-2.00) 1.12 (0.64-1.98)
Age ≥50 years 1.14 (0.80-1.63) 1.18 (0.82-1.70) 1.25 (0.72-2.18) 1.24 (0.70-1.52)
Education high 1.00 1.00
Education intermediate 0.86 (0.67-1.11) 0.96 (0.66-1.40)
Education low 0.73a (0.54-0.97) 0.83 (0.53-1.30)
Non-Dutch ethnicity 0.96 (0.70-1.31) 0.82 (0.51-1.33)
Unmarried / not cohabiting 1.06 (0.81-1.38) 0.86 (0.58-1.29)
Lifestyle factors
<30min/day PA 1.03 (0.81-1.31) 1.04 (0.73-1.48)
<3x 20min/day vigorous PA 1.11 (0.87-1.41) 0.83 (0.59-1.18)
<400gr/day fruit & vegetables 0.86 (0.69-1.07) 0.83 (0.59-1.16)
Current smoker 0.71a (0.53-0.95) 0.72a (0.54-0.96) 0.64 (0.39-1.04) 0.66 (0.40-1.08)
Excessive alcohol intake 1.01 (0.50-2.05) 0.87 (0.29-2.59)
BMI < 25 kg/m2 1.00 1.00
25 kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 30 1.08 (0.84-1.40) 1.03 (0.56-1.91)
BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 1.19 (0.76-1.86) 0.96 (0.52-1.77)
Health indicators
Elevated blood pressure 1.13 (0.87-1.46) 1.13 (0.79-1.61)
Poor predicted Vo2max 0.75 (0.53-1.08) 0.99 (0.59-1.65)
Elevated total cholesterol 1.04 (0.81-1.32) 0.84 (0.59-1.18)
Decreased general health 0.83 (0.51-1.34) 0.97 (0.48-1.96)
Work-related factors
Physical job demands 1.00 (0.73-1.36) 0.99 (0.71-1.36) 0.57a (0.33-0.97) 0.59 (0.34-1.02)

a P<0.05, analyses adjusted for company

b BMI, blood pressure, maximum oxygen uptake, and cholesterol level are only available for the participants in the physical health check (n=807)

c for one company (executive branch of government) no information was available for website use in the first three months of the study.