Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristics by adherence to physical activity recommendation, MEPS 2008–2012.
| Physical activity adherence (N = 305) |
Physical activity non-adherence (N = 710) |
p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | 95% CI | Estimate | 95% CI | ||
| Annual health care expenditure (dollar) | 9172.3 | [7266.1, 11,078.6] | 12,907.8 | [11,380.2, 14,435.4] | 0.003 |
| Age (years) | 64.9 | [63.0, 66.7] | 69.8 | [68.7, 71.0] | <0.001 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 85.4 | [81.9, 88.3] | 79.9 | [76.9, 82.6] | 0.001 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 7.0 | [4.9, 9.8] | 12.5 | [10.6, 14.7] | |
| Hispanic | 4.1 | [2.7, 6.1] | 5.6 | [4.2, 7.4] | |
| Non-Hispanic Other | 3.6 | [2.0, 6.4] | 2.0 | [1.2, 3.4] | |
| Education attainment | |||||
| Less than high school | 8.6 | [5.6, 12.8] | 21.4 | [18.3, 24.9] | <0.001 |
| High school | 22.8 | [18.0, 28.4] | 36.6 | [33.1, 40.2] | |
| College and above | 68.7 | [63.0, 73.9] | 42.0 | [37.7, 46.5] | |
| Income level | |||||
| Less than 125% FPL | 9.7 | [7.0, 13.5] | 20.0 | [17.4, 23.0] | <0.001 |
| 125% FPL and above | 90.3 | [86.5, 93.1] | 80.0 | [77.0, 82.6] | |
| Insurance status | |||||
| Uninsured | 2.7 | [1.2, 6.1] | 1.6 | [1.1, 2.4] | 0.284 |
| Insured | 97.3 | [93.9, 98.8] | 98.4 | [97.6, 98.9] | |
| Number of chronic conditions | |||||
| 0 | 15.8 | [12.2, 20.3] | 9.0 | [6.8, 11.9] | 0.001 |
| 1 | 25.8 | [20.1, 32.4] | 20.0 | [16.7, 23.7] | |
| 2– | 58.4 | [52.5, 64.0] | 71.0 | [66.8, 74.8] | |
| Colon cancer | 9.9 | [6.7, 14.5] | 20.2 | [16.8, 24.0] | <0.001 |
| Breast cancer | 47.0 | [40.7, 53.5] | 50.3 | [46.1, 54.4] | 0.425 |
| Prostate cancer | 43.9 | [37.6, 50.3] | 31.3 | [27.3, 35.6] | <0.001 |
| Survival time (years) | |||||
| 0–5 | 50.9 | [45.1, 56.6] | 52.1 | [47.4, 56.7] | 0.067 |
| 6–10 | 23.6 | [18.6, 29.5] | 17.3 | [14.3, 20.8] | |
| 11– | 25.5 | [20.1, 31.8] | 30.6 | [26.4, 35.2] | |
FPL: Federal Poverty Level.
Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05).