Table 2.
Talking frequently with family members | Talking frequently with doctors | |||
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χ2 or t value | p-value | χ2 or t value | p-value | |
Family history | ||||
Diabetes | 10.0 | 0.002 | 5.3 | 0.022 |
Heart disease | 14.9 | <0.001 | 6.8 | 0.009 |
Cancer | 15.7 | <0.001 | 15.1 | <0.001 |
Behavioral risk factors | ||||
Body mass index | −0.20 | 0.84 | −0.29 | 0.77 |
Perceived overweight | 0.22 | 0.64 | 0.17 | 0.68 |
Meeting physical activity recommendations | 9.9 | 0.002 | 6.7 | 0.010 |
Health information seeking | ||||
Newspaper | 27.1 | <0.001 | 34.3 | <0.001 |
Television | 18.1 | <0.001 | 22.8 | <0.001 |
Internet | 8.5 | 0.004 | 6.2 | 0.012 |
General | 62.3 | <0.001 | 55.9 | <0.001 |
Health care discrimination | 0.04 | 0.84 | 3.6 | 0.059 |
Patient characteristics | ||||
Health literacy | 0.24 | 0.89 | 3.5 | 0.17 |
Education | 6.3 | 0.043 | 1.6 | 0.44 |
Age | −2.1 | 0.035 | −2.2 | 0.028 |
Race/ethnicity | 0.51 | 0.92 | 1.8 | 0.60 |
Female | 27.4 | <0.001 | 19.0 | <0.001 |
Covariates | ||||
Diagnosis of diabetes | 0.16 | 0.69 | 4.3 | 0.037 |
Diagnosis of heart disease | 2.2 | 0.14 | 8.1 | 0.004 |
Disease of cancer | 0.14 | 0.71 | 0.11 | 0.74 |
Survey language | 0.18 | 0.67 | 0.29 | 0.59 |
Country of birth | 0.02 | 0.88 | 0.75 | 0.78 |