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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Health Educ Behav. 2014 Oct;41(1 0):98S–107S. doi: 10.1177/1090198114540462

Table 3.

Predictors of Behavioral Risk Factors among Foreign-Born Chinese Individuals Aged ≥65, adjusted logistic regression models

Predictor Less Than Sufficient Exercise (Ref=≥Sufficient Exercise) p value Current Smoker, Males Only (Ref=Nonsmoker) p value Fruits & Vegetables <5 Times/Day (Ref=≥5 Times/Day) p value
Gender (ref=male)
    Female 1.34 (0.97, 1.85) 0.073 N/A 0.80 (0.55, 1.17) 0.251
Age 1.05 (1.02, 1.85) <0.001 0.95 (0.90, 1.00) 0.064 1.00 (0.97, 1.03) 0.829
Education (ref=College graduate)
    Less than high school 1.46 (0.92, 2.30) 0.104 6.13 (1.82, 20.63) 0.003 1.60 (0.94, 2.74) 0.086
    High school/some college 1.05 (0.64, 1.73) 0.844 2.86 (0.74, 11.08) 0.128 1.46 (0.80, 2.68) 0.222
Home language (ref=English not spoken)
    English spoken 1.09 (0.71, 1.67) 0.688 1.14 (0.49, 2.65) 0.761 0.95 (0.56, 1.59) 0.842
BMI (ref = Underweight/Normal <23)
    Overweight (23-27.49) 0.88 (0.61, 1.27) 0.502 0.36 (0.17, 0.73) 0.005 0.71 (0.47, 1.08) 0.107
    Obese (≥27.5) 1.14 (0.68, 1.91) 0.609 0.26 (0.09, 0.76) 0.014 0.90 (0.49, 1.65) 0.740

Note. BMI = body mass index