Table 4.

Odds Ratios From Logistic Regression Models Predicting Smoking Cessation and Exercise Initiation.

	Smoking cessation		Physical activity initiation
	B		C
	Women	Men	Women	Men
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Education (less than high school)
High school	1.002	1.055	1.011	0.983
Some college	1.244**	1.481***	1.129**	1.016
Bachelor’s degree	1.169	1.365**	1.098	0.788***
First hypertension diagnosis	0.729	1.516*	0.953	1.131
Interactions
Education by hypertension diagnosis (less than high school × hypertension diagnosis)
High school × hypertension diagnosis	1.594	0.981	0.937	0.875
Some college × hypertension diagnosis	1.641	0.842	0.903	0.959
Bachelor’s degree × hypertension diagnosis	3.142***	0.846	1.511*	1.025
Demographic (non-Hispanic White)
Hispanic	2.095***	1.139	0.916	1.025
Non-Hispanic Black	1.467***	1.104	1.076*	0.971
Age	1.025***	1.025***	0.988***	1.006*
Partnered	1.066	1.196	1.128***	1.284***
Simultaneous diagnosis
Diabetes	1.839***	1.765***	1.143	0.984
Heart problem	3.341***	3.302***	1.189*	1.393***
Stroke	2.520***	2.468***	0.600***	0.740*
Cancer	3.285***	2.911***	0.790	0.882
Psychological problem	1.241	0.934	0.797*	0.622***
Control variables
Spouse smoking status (spouse non-smoker)
Spouse smokes	0.485***	0.422***	—	—
Missing spouse smoking status	0.806	0.789	—	—
Mobility limitation	—	—	0.652***	0.645***
Employment (not employed)
Full-time	—	—	0.829***	1.006
Part-time	—	—	0.965	0.988
Constant	0.038***	0.039***	0.964	0.340***
Sample size	1,564	1,385	5,760	4,278
Panel observations	6,299	5,157	20,980	13,505

Note. Reference categories shown in parentheses. All models also control for a prior diagnosis (i.e., diabetes, heart problem, or stroke), none of which were significant predictors of behavioral modifications.

^*p < .1.

^**p < .05.

^***p < .01.