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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2015 Jul 26;10(2):271–279. doi: 10.1007/s11764-015-0473-8

Table 4. Odds ratios for reporting a physician discussed health promotion topic in the past 12 months.

Strategies to improve health/prevent illness
N=816
Discuss how much and what kind of food eaten
N=825
Discuss how much and what kind of exercise
N=821
Any of the three topics
N=828

OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Age (ref =≥65 years)
 <65 years 2.18 (1.52-3.12) 1.58 (1.13-2.21) 1.18 (0.84-1.65) 1.86 (1.22-2.82)
Gender (ref=male)
 Female 0.94 (0.70-1.26) 0.9 (0.51-0.92) 0.99 (0.74-1.32) 0.84 (0.60-1.17)
Race (ref=non-minority)
 Minority 1.13 (0.79-0.162) 1.71 (1.20-2.42) 1.30 (0.92-1.86) 1.36 (0.89-2.07)
Education (ref=≥College degree)
 <High school 0.43 (0.26-0.73) 0.85 (0.51-1.44) 0.45 (0.27-0.75) 0.42 (0.24-0.72)
 High school degree 0.66 (0.44-0.97) 0.97 (0.66-1.44) 0.66 (0.45-0.97) 0.61 (0.39-0.95)
 Some college 0.80 (0.54-1.18) 1.23 (0.84-1.80) 0.90 (0.61-1.31) 0.88 (0.56-1.38)
Cancer type (ref=lung)
 CRC 1.24 (0.86-1.78) 1.41 (0.97-2.04) 1.18 (0.82-1.68) 1.10 (0.73-1.64)
Treatment (ref=neither)
 Radiation or chemotherapy only 1.33 (0.96-1.86) 1.45 (1.05-2.00) 1.23 (0.62-1.49) 1.49 (1.02-2.18)
 Both radiation and chemotherapy 1.11 (0.71-1.74) 1.40 (0.90-2.18) 0.96 (0.58-1.38) 1.19 (0.72-1.98)
Diabetes (ref=no)
 Yes 1.80 (1.26-2.58) 2.23 (1.59-3.13) 1.55 (1.10-2.18) 1.99 (1.31-3.03)
High blood pressure (ref=no)
 Yes 1.61 (1.18-2.20) 1.13 (0.83-1.55) 1.19 (0.88-1.61) 1.33 (0.94,1.88)
Pulmonary condition (ref=no)
 Yes 1.64 (1.04-2.59) 0.81 (0.51-1.28) 1.00 (0.65-1.55) 1.62 (0.96-2.73)

Hosmer-Lemeshow Goodness-of-fit X2(df) X2=5.54(8)
P=0.806
X2=9.83(8)
P=0.278
X2=7.35(8)
P=0.499
X2=8.46(8)
P=0.390

OR=odds ratio; CI= confidence interval; ref=reference group