Table 3.
Factors associated with Mexican older adults’ healthy behaviors (Multiple Poisson regression with robust variance) (n = 948)
| Routine fruit and vegetables consumption | Regular physical exercise | Both healthy behaviors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted PR | 95 % CI | p | Adjusted PR | 95 % CI | p | Adjusted PR | 95 % CI | p | |
| Individual factors: | |||||||||
| Female gender | 1.19 | 1.04–1.36 | 0.009 | 1.19 | 1.03–1.37 | 0.016 | 1.55 | 1.21–1.97 | 0.000 |
| 75 years of age and older | 0.97 | 0.82–1.14 | 0.693 | 1.00 | 0.82–1.23 | 0.996 | 1.04 | 0.76–1.43 | 0.809 |
| Elementary school or less | 0.95 | 0.83–1.10 | 0.515 | 0.96 | 0.82–1.13 | 0.613 | 0.97 | 0.74–1.26 | 0.799 |
| Job | 0.99 | 0.88–1.12 | 0.909 | 0.99 | 0.87–1.13 | 0.903 | 0.98 | 0.78–1.24 | 0.902 |
| Regular monthly income | 1.37 | 1.10–1.71 | 0.005 | 0.92 | 0.77–1.11 | 0.385 | 1.15 | 0.82–1.63 | 0.418 |
| Presence of chronic disease(s) | 1.02 | 0.90–1.16 | 0.697 | 0.99 | 0.86–1.14 | 0.894 | 1.09 | 0.87–1.38 | 0.447 |
| DSM-IV Major Depressive Episode | 1.10 | 0.80–1.51 | 0.565 | 0.79 | 0.49–1.27 | 0.337 | 0.88 | 0.44–1.79 | 0.736 |
| Moderate to severe physical limitations | 1.12 | 0.97–1.29 | 0.113 | 0.84 | 0.68–1.04 | 0.111 | 0.87 | 0.62–1.20 | 0.396 |
| Good self-rated health | 1.04 | 0.92–1.17 | 0.554 | 1.25 | 1.08–1.44 | 0.002 | 1.42 | 1.12–1.80 | 0.004 |
| Smoking | 0.84 | 0.67–1.05 | 0.131 | 0.87 | 0. 68–1.10 | 0.250 | 0.72 | 0.45–1.13 | 0.149 |
| History of regular physical exercise at the age of 50 years | 1.11 | 0.98–1.24 | 0.090 | 3.13 | 2.61–3.76 | 0.000 | 3.10 | 2.35–4.08 | 0.000 |
| Social context factors: | |||||||||
| Number of family members living with older adult in the household: | |||||||||
| Without family members | 1.45 | 0.92–2.27 | 0.108 | 0.78 | 0.47–1.28 | 0.329 | 0.91 | 0.40–2.06 | 0.821 |
| 1–2 family members | 1.22 | 0.87–1.70 | 0.246 | 0.82 | 0.56–1.20 | 0.244 | 0.73 | 0.40–1.34 | 0.317 |
| 3–4 family members | 1.17 | 0.94–1.46 | 0.168 | 0.89 | 0.69–1.15 | 0.371 | 0.77 | 0.52–1.15 | 0.208 |
| 5 or more family members | Ref. | Ref. | |||||||
| Type of family members: | |||||||||
| Spouse/life partner | 1.07 | 0.91–1.27 | 0.415 | 1.10 | 0.91–1.33 | 0.307 | 1.28 | 0.94–1.76 | 0.120 |
| Children | 1.13 | 0.91–1.41 | 0.259 | 0.87 | 0.68–1.10 | 0.256 | 1.16 | 0.76–1.77 | 0.479 |
| Other family members | 1.07 | 0.90–1.28 | 0.410 | 0.86 | 0.70–1.06 | 0.162 | 0.78 | 0.56–1.09 | 0.140 |
| Friends | 0.92 | 0.80–1.07 | 0.283 | 1.13 | 0.94–1.36 | 0.190 | 1.05 | 0.78–1.42 | 0.739 |
| Social support (SS): | |||||||||
| Tangible SS: Most of the time | 0.96 | 0.77–1.20 | 0.706 | 0.88 | 0.72–1.09 | 0.248 | 0.84 | 0.59–1.18 | 0.309 |
| Affectionate SS: Most of the time | 1.09 | 0.84–1.43 | 0.506 | 1.06 | 0.80–1.41 | 0.675 | 1.16 | 0.73–1.86 | 0.530 |
| Positive social interaction: Most of the time | 0.94 | 0.74–1.20 | 0.633 | 1.04 | 0.83–1.30 | 0.709 | 1.01 | 0.67–1.52 | 0.975 |
| Emotional/informational SS: Most of the time | 1.07 | 0.85–1.35 | 0.555 | 0.95 | 0.77–1.16 | 0.602 | 0.93 | 0.65–1.31 | 0.669 |
| Increased risk of social isolation | 0.87 | 0.75–1.01 | 0.074 | 1.03 | 0.88–1.22 | 0.689 | 0.77 | 0.57–1.03 | 0.077 |
PR prevalence ratio. The bold values highlight the statistically significant multivariable-adjusted prevalence ratios