. 2016 Aug 30;19(3):270–279. doi: 10.1111/jch.12897

Table 1.

Respondent Characteristics and Intention to Follow a Low‐Salt Diet

	Characteristics				Intention to Follow a Low‐Salt Diet
	Man		Woman		Man				Woman
	%	No.	%	No.	%	OR	95% CI	P Value	%	OR	95% CI	P Value
Total	100	704	100	769
Age group, y
30–39	16	112	21	159	13	1.00		<.001	23	1.00		<.001
40–49	20	140	23	175	21	1.83	0.91–3.66		30	1.43	0.87–2.34
50–59	24	166	26	202	32	3.22	1.68–6.17		39	2.11	1.32–3.36
60–69	40.0	279	30	232	40	4.74	2.58–8.72		59	1.75	3.02–7.47
Formal education period
12 and < 12 years	59	392	56	414	33	1.00		.023	43	1.00		.184
13 and > 13 years	41	271	44	322	24	0.66	0.47–0.94	.023	38	0.82	0.60–1.10	.184
Employment status^a
Full‐time employee	45	316	19.0	145	24	1.00		.006	29	1.00		<.001
Part‐time employee	11	79	33	254	30	1.34	0.77–2.32		33	1.21	0.78–1.90
Company executive	4.9	34	1.4	11	32	1.53	0.71–3.29		64	4.25	1.18–15.29
Self‐employed	16	111	6.7	51	30.0	1.37	0.85–2.22		42.0	1.46	0.90–3.43
Full‐time homemaker	0.0	0	32	244	–	–	–		50	2.41	1.55–3.38
Unemployed	16	113	4.6	35	42.0	2.31	1.47–3.65		49	2.29	1.08–4.88
Other	6.7	47	3.1	24	41	2.25	1.19–4.28		46	2.06	0.85–4.95
Family structure
Living alone	6.3	44	3.9	30	43	1.00		.005	60.0	1.00		<.001
One generation	19	130	17	126	40	0.87	0.44–1.74		54	0.80	0.35–1.79
Two generations	50	345	52	393	27	0.48	0.25–0.90		37	0.39	0.18–0.83
Three or more generations	26	178	28.0	214	26.0	0.46	0.23–0.92		35	0.35	0.16–0.77
Do you habitually follow a low‐salt diet?
Yes	30	209	40.0	303
No	70	490	60.0	454
Low‐salt diet is a protective factor of hypertension
Agree					30	1.00		.093	40	1.00		.720
Disagree					20	0.60	0.33–1.09	.093	36	0.86	0.42–1.78	.720
Low‐salt diet is a protective factor against cancer
Agree					34	1.00		.098	55	1.00		<.001
Disagree					27.0	0.73	0.50–1.06	.098	36	0.45	0.31–0.64	<.001
Hypertension is caused by genes or inherited constitution
Agree					25	1.00		.263	36.0	1.00		.125
Disagree					30	1.26	0.84–1.90	.263	42	1.29	0.94–1.77	.125
Cancer is caused by genes or inherited constitution
Agree					29	1.00		.856	37	1.00		.085
Disagree					29	1.03	0.73–1.45	.856	44	1.32	0.97–1.79	.085

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio. ^aThe classification of the employment status is used by Nagahama City Health Promotion section and were followed here. Data were evaluated using the chi‐square test.