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Table 2 Participant risk factors

From: Health knowledge and self-efficacy to make health behaviour changes: a survey of older adults living in Ontario social housing

Risk Factor

Response

Frequencies (%)

n

BMI Category

Obese

205 (36.6)

560

Overweight

183 (32.7)

Normal

155 (27.7)

Underweight

17 (3.0)

Drinking status

Current Drinker

140 (24.6)

570

Current Non-drinker

430 (75.4)

Smoking status

Current Smoker

183 (32.3)

567

Current Non-smoker

384 (67.7)

Physical Activity

Low physical activity (less than 30 min/day)

273 (46.1)

592

Adequate physical activity (30 min/day or more)

319 (53.9)

Fruit/Vegetable intake

Not every day

198 (33.3)

594

Every day

396 (66.7)

Chronic Disease and Associated Events

 Heart Disease

Yes

171 (28.5)

599

No

428 (71.5)

 Hypertension

Yes

326 (54.4)

599

No

273 (45.6)

 High Cholesterol

Yes

227 (37.9)

599

No

372 (62.1)

 Stroke

Yes

77 (12.9)

599

No

522 (87.1)

 Diabetes

Yes

165 (27.5)

599

No

434 (72.5)

Quality of Life Indicators

 Mobility problems

Yes

347 (60.8)

571

No

224 (39.2)

 Self-care problems

Yes

113 (19.9)

569

No

456 (80.1)

 Problems doing usual activities

Yes

245 (43.0)

570

No

325 (57.0)

 Pain or discomfort issues

Yes

405 (70.9)

571

No

166 (29.1)

 Anxiety or depression

Yes

262 (46.0)

570

No

308 (54.0)

Health-related Stressors

 Own physical health problem or condition

Yes

272 (45.4)

599

No

327 (54.6)

 Own emotional or mental health problem or condition

Yes

170 (28.4)

599

No

429 (71.6)

  1. The full sample was 599 participants and thus n’s below 599 are due to missing values