Table 3.
Association between PAL and walking with higher annual expenditures of medicine use (≥75th), to overall sample and according to gender
| Annual expenditures of medicine use (≥75th) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n = 806) | Men (n = 281) | Women (n = 525) | |||||||
| Groups/Variable | OR | CI 95% | p | OR | CI 95% | p | OR | CI 95% | p |
| Model 1 PAL | |||||||||
| Active | 1.00 | -- | 1.00 | -- | 1.00 | -- | |||
| Insuf. Active | 1.27 | 0.86–1.86 | 0.23 | 3.19 | 1.10–9.30 | 0.03 | 0.94 | 0.41–2.20 | 0.90 |
| Model 2 Walking | |||||||||
| Yes | 1.00 | -- | 1.00 | -- | 1.00 | -- | |||
| No | 1.39 | 0.96–2.00 | 0.07 | 1.04 | 0.53–2.02 | 0.91 | 1.51 | 0.97–2.35 | 0.07 |
| Model 3 Walking | |||||||||
| ≥ 4 days | 1.00 | -- | -- | 1.00 | -- | 1.00 | -- | ||
| 1–3 days | 1.56 | 1.00–2.43 | 0.05 | 1.78 | 0.78–4.07 | 0.16 | 1.42 | 0.83–2.43 | 0.20 |
| No Walking | 1.70 | 1.11–2.58 | 0.01 | 1.27 | 0.62–2.60 | 0.51 | 1.83 | 1.08–3.09 | 0.02 |
Note: PAL Physical activity level, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, Logistic regression models adjusted for gender, BMI age, marital status, socioeconomic status, andeducational level