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Table 3 Association between PAL and walking with higher annual expenditures of medicine use (≥75th), to overall sample and according to gender

From: Expenditures of medicine use in hypertensive/diabetic elderly and physical activity and engagement in walking: cross secctional analysis of SABE Survey

 

Annual expenditures of medicine use (≥75th)

Overall (n = 806)

Men (n = 281)

Women (n = 525)

Groups/Variable

OR

CI 95%

p

OR

CI 95%

p

OR

CI 95%

p

Model 1 PAL

 Active

1.00

--

 

1.00

--

 

1.00

--

 

 Insuf. Active

1.27

0.86–1.86

0.23

3.19

1.10–9.30

0.03

0.94

0.41–2.20

0.90

Model 2 Walking

 Yes

1.00

--

 

1.00

--

 

1.00

--

 

 No

1.39

0.96–2.00

0.07

1.04

0.53–2.02

0.91

1.51

0.97–2.35

0.07

Model 3 Walking

  ≥ 4 days

1.00

--

--

1.00

--

 

1.00

--

 

 1–3 days

1.56

1.00–2.43

0.05

1.78

0.78–4.07

0.16

1.42

0.83–2.43

0.20

 No Walking

1.70

1.11–2.58

0.01

1.27

0.62–2.60

0.51

1.83

1.08–3.09

0.02

  1. Note: PAL Physical activity level, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, Logistic regression models adjusted for gender, BMI age, marital status, socioeconomic status, andeducational level