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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: P R Health Sci J. 2013 Dec;32(4):194–199.

Table 3.

Logistic regression models predicting factors associated with fruit and vegetable intake.

Model 1* Model 2*
Socioeconomic characteristics OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Sex
 Male 1.0 0.23 1.0 0.22
 Female 0.60 (0.27-1.38) 0.59 (0.26-1.36)
Age Group
 ≤45 years 0.67 (0.33-1.36) 0.27 0.96 (0.48-1.95) 0.92
 >45 years 1.0 1.0
Completed high school
 No 2.12 (1.00-4.48) 0.05 1.49 (0.62-3.55) 0.37
 Yes 1.0 1.0
Health behaviors
BMI
 Not obese 3.68 (1.61-8.43) 0.002 3.77 (1.41-10.08) 0.008
 Obese 1.0 1.0
Currently smokes
 No 1.0 0.08 1.0 0.17
 Yes 2.01 (0.93-4.36) 1.70 (0.79-3.67)
Health beliefs/knowledge
Responded “at least 5 servings of FV for good health”***
 No 10.93 (4.21-28.35) <.001 9.26 (3.77-22.73) <.001
 Yes 1.0 1.0
*

Crude model;

**

Fully adjusted model;

***

This is response to the following question: ‘How many servings of fruit and vegetables do you think the average adult should eat each day for good health?’