Table 2.

The proportion of subjects with adherence to lifestyle modification according to the Modified Morisky Scale (MMS) score

		MMS score
		Knowledge				Motivation				Total (knowledge + motivation)
	State	0-1	2	3	p-value	0-1	2	3	p-value	0-2	3-4	5-6	p-value
n		17	207	193		49	91	277		18	70	329
High adherence to lifestyle modificationb (%)	yes	17.6	44.0	37.8	0.072	20.4	33.0	45.8	0.001*	5.6	27.1	44.7	<0.001*
	no	82.4	56.0	62.2		79.6	67.0	54.2		94.4	72.9	55.3
Individual lifestyle modification
Low-salt dieta (%)	yes	29.4	51.2	46.1	0.175	28.6	40.7	53.8	0.001*	16.7	37.1	52.0	0.002*
	no	70.6	48.8	53.9		71.4	59.3	46.2		83.3	62.9	48.0
Low-fat diet and/or weight-loss dieta (%)	yes	23.5	61.4	51.8	0.004*	40.8	51.6	59.2	0.042*	16.7	52.9	58.1	0.002*
	no	76.5	38.6	48.2		59.2	48.4	40.8		83.3	47.1	41.9
Regular exercisea (%)	yes	47.1	53.6	52.9	0.872	36.7	56.0	54.9	0.052	33.3	44.3	55.9	0.048*
	no	52.9	46.4	47.2		63.3	44.0	45.1		66.7	55.7	44.1
Stress reduction in daily lifea (%)	yes	41.2	62.8	53.9	0.072	28.6	53.8	64.3	<0.001*	27.8	44.3	62.3	<0.001*
	no	58.8	37.2	46.1		71.4	46.2	35.7		72.2	55.7	37.7
Drinking in moderationa (%)	yes	35.3	76.8	77.7	<0.001*	46.9	73.6	81.2	<0.001*	27.8	65.7	80.2	<0.001*
	no	64.7	23.2	22.3		53.1	26.4	18.8		72.2	34.3	19.8
Smoking cessationa (%)	yes	52.9	76.3	78.2	0.063	63.1	73.6	81.2	<0.001*	38.9	68.6	79.9	<0.001*
	no	47.1	23.7	21.8		46.9	26.4	18.8		61.1	31.4	20.1

^ayes, Likert scale ≥4; no, Likert scale <4

^bdefined as a subject who are adherent to five or more among the six health behaviors including low-salt intake, low-fat diet and/or weight-loss diet, regular exercise, stress reduction in daily life, drinking in moderation, and smoking cessation

^*p-value <0.05