Table 1.
Sample Size and Prevalence of U.S. Health Care–Utilizing Adults Who Received PA Medical Advice, and Stratified by Age Group, NHANES 2013–2016
| All, ≥20 years |
20–39 years |
40–59 years |
≥60 years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | Weighted % received advice (95% CI) |
n | Weighted % received advice (95% CI) |
n | Weighted % received advice (95% CI) |
n | Weighted % received advice (95% CI) |
| Total | 8,410 | 42.9 (40.8, 44.9) | 2,494 | 32.7 (30.7, 34.8) | 2,822 | 46.7 (43.2, 50.2) | 3,094 | 48.9 (46.2, 51.5) |
| Health conditions | ||||||||
| Obesity | ||||||||
| Yes | 3,390 | 63.0 (60.3, 65.7) | 896 | 55.4 (51.7, 58.9) | 1,277 | 64.6 (60.6, 68.4) | 1,217 | 67.8 (62.7, 72.4) |
| No | 5,020 | 29.5 (27.2, 32.0) | 1,598 | 20.8 (18.4, 23.4) | 1,545 | 32.6 (28.4, 37.1) | 1,877 | 36.0 (32.8, 39.4) |
| Hypertension | ||||||||
| Yes | 3,447 | 56.5 (53.8, 59.2) | 244 | 59.9 (52.3, 67.1) | 1,063 | 60.3 (55.7, 64.7) | 2,140 | 53.7 (50.4, 57.0) |
| No | 4,963 | 35.1 (33.0, 37.4) | 2,250 | 30.0 (27.9, 32.1) | 1,759 | 39.4 (35.1, 43.9) | 954 | 39.7 (35.9, 43.7) |
| Diabetes | ||||||||
| Yes | 1,570 | 69.8 (66.5, 72.8) | 102 | 73.3 (64.6, 80.5) | 517 | 76.0 (70.0, 81.1) | 951 | 64.9 (60.8, 68.9) |
| No | 6,840 | 38.5 (36.2, 40.8) | 2,392 | 31.2 (29.3, 33.2) | 2,305 | 41.7 (38.2, 45.4) | 2,143 | 43.6 (40.1, 47.2) |
| Hypercholesterolemia | ||||||||
| Yes | 2,716 | 55.6 (52.3, 59.0) | 202 | 50.0 (41.3, 58.6) | 839 | 60.4 (55.5, 65.2) | 1,675 | 53.3 (48.9, 57.7) |
| No | 5,694 | 37.0 (34.9, 39.2) | 2,292 | 31.1 (29.1, 33.2) | 1,983 | 40.5 (36.5, 44.5) | 1,419 | 43.2 (40.4, 46.1) |
| Low HDL cholesterol | ||||||||
| Yes | 1,599 | 53.8 (50.1, 57.4) | 505 | 45.8 (40.6, 51.1) | 558 | 57.0 (51.1, 62.8) | 536 | 60.0 (54.0, 65.7) |
| No | 6,811 | 40.4 (38.2, 42.5) | 1,989 | 29.3 (27.0, 31.7) | 2,264 | 43.0 (37.2, 48.9) | 2,558 | 46.8 (43.9, 49.8) |
| Health behaviors | ||||||||
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Never | 4,804 | 40.5 (37.8, 43.3) | 1,609 | 29.7 (26.7, 32.9) | 1,640 | 44.3 (39.8, 48.9) | 1,555 | 49.4 (46.0, 52.7) |
| Former | 2,047 | 48.9 (45.2, 52.6) | 325 | 37.6 (30.3, 45.6) | 578 | 53.6 (48.5, 58.6) | 1,144 | 50.2 (45.6, 54.8) |
| Current | 1,550 | 41.8 (37.8, 45.8) | 558 | 37.7 (32.2, 43.6) | 604 | 45.5 (40.0, 51.1) | 388 | 42.0 (34.6, 49.8) |
| Met physical activity guidelinesa | ||||||||
| Yes | 4,825 | 38.4 (36.2, 40.6) | 1,786 | 31.1 (28.7, 33.6) | 1,645 | 41.9 (37.9, 46.0) | 1,394 | 44.4 (41.6, 47.3) |
| No | 3,539 | 50.1 (47.1, 53.1) | 701 | 37.4 (32.7, 42.4) | 1,159 | 53.8 (49.4, 58.1) | 1,679 | 53.4 (49.5, 57.3) |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 3,785 | 41.2 (38.6, 43.8) | 1,074 | 30.0 (26.7, 33.5) | 1,233 | 46.2 (41.8, 50.7) | 1,478 | 46.8 (42.9, 50.7) |
| Female | 4,625 | 44.3 (41.8, 46.9) | 1,420 | 34.9 (32.2, 37.7) | 1,589 | 47.1 (43.2, 51.1) | 1,616 | 50.5 (47.4, 53.7) |
| Race/Hispanic originb | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 2,076 | 50.5 (48.0, 52,9) | 591 | 41.0 (37.5, 44.7) | 702 | 56.8 (53.3, 60.3) | 783 | 59.8 (56.1, 63.4) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 3,409 | 41.0 (38.3, 43.7) | 960 | 29.5 (26.6, 32.6) | 1,037 | 44.0 (39.2, 48.9) | 1,412 | 47.0 (43.5, 50.6) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 1,737 | 46.9 (43.8, 50.0) | 503 | 33.6 (29.3, 38.1) | 629 | 53.7 (49.0, 58.5) | 605 | 55.1 (51.4, 58.8) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 913 | 39.7 (36.2, 43.3) | 315 | 33.9 (29.4, 38.7) | 361 | 40.0 (35.2, 45.1) | 237 | 48.4 (40.7, 56.2) |
| Education level | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 1,749 | 43.8 (39.8, 47.8) | 334 | 31.1 (25.6, 37.1) | 559 | 48.0 (42.8, 53.2) | 856 | 48.5 (42.9, 54.1) |
| High school | 1,839 | 42.6 (39.2, 46.1) | 534 | 29.8 (24.5, 35.6) | 591 | 47.7 (42.0, 53.6) | 714 | 49.4 (45.2, 53.7) |
| Some college | 2,609 | 46.7 (43.9, 49.6) | 916 | 37.4 (34.6, 40.2) | 855 | 52.2 (47.3, 57.0) | 838 | 51.6 (46.5, 56.7) |
| College degree or higher | 2,207 | 38.9 (35.8, 42.0) | 709 | 29.8 (25.8, 34.1) | 817 | 41.0 (36.3, 45.8) | 681 | 45.8 (40.7, 51.0) |
| Poverty statusc | ||||||||
| <130% | 2,408 | 41.3 (39.4, 43.2) | 787 | 30.2 (27.8, 32.8) | 719 | 49.3 (44.5, 54.1) | 902 | 48.9 (45.2, 52.6) |
| 130% to <350% | 2,816 | 44.9 (41.1, 48.7) | 849 | 34.1 (30.5, 38.0) | 867 | 50.4 (44.6, 56.3) | 1,100 | 50.7 (46.2, 55.2) |
| ≥350% | 2,459 | 42.0 (39.2, 44.8) | 672 | 33.0 (29.7, 36.6) | 1,005 | 43.4 (38.8, 48.1) | 782 | 47.7 (43.2, 52.3) |
| Missing | 727 | 43.3 (39.1, 47.5) | 186 | 32.4 (23.7, 42.6) | 231 | 50.2 (40.5, 59.9) | 310 | 46.3 (39.9, 52.9) |
| Health insurance status | ||||||||
| Yes | 7,233 | 43.9 (41.7, 46.0) | 1,924 | 33.7 (31.4, 36.1) | 2,391 | 47.1 (43.6, 50.6) | 2,918 | 49.2 (46.4, 53.6) |
| No | 1,165 | 34.8 (31.1, 38.7) | 566 | 28.4 (24.3, 32.9) | 429 | 43.2 (36.2, 50.4) | 170 | 39.0 (29.2, 49.8) |
Source: NHANES.
Note: Analytic sample includes non-pregnant adults aged ≥20 years who participated in both the interview and mobile examination center and reported seeing or talking to a healthcare professional in the previous year.
Calculated from the average minutes/week participants reported participating in moderate- or vigorous-intensity PA in a typical week for leisure, work, and transportation, where vigorous PA was doubled and added to moderate PA to compute an equivalent combination of moderate and vigorous PA. Minutes/week were categorized according to the 2008 National Physical Activity Guidelines, where meeting guidelines is ≥150 minutes/week.
Individuals of “other” race/Hispanic origin were included in the total analysis, but percentages and AOR are not shown separately.
Poverty status based on family income-to-poverty ratio.
HDL, high-density lipoprotein; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; PA, physical activity.