Table 5
Odds ratios relating new vascular diagnosis to improvements in health behaviour, and barriers to and intentions to improve health behaviour, by sex, inactive household population aged 40 or older in 1994/1995, Canada excluding territories, 1996/97

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Table 5
Odds ratios relating new vascular diagnosis to improvements in health behaviour, and barriers to and intentions to improve health behaviour, by sex, inactive household population aged 40 or older in 1994/1995, Canada excluding territories, 1996/97.
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Odds ratios relating new vascular diagnosis to improvements in health behaviour. This information is grouped by Improvements appearing as row headers and is grouped by Men (Unadjusted odds ratios,95% confidence interval (from, to)) and Women (Unadjusted odds ratios, 95% confidence interval (from, to)) appearing as column headers,
  Men Women
Unadjusted odds ratios 95% confidence interval Unadjusted odds ratios 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Improvements  
Attempted to improve health in past 12 months  
New vascular diagnosis  
Yes 1.4 1.0 2.0 1.1 0.8 1.6
NoNote† 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable
Increased exercise  
New vascular diagnosis  
Yes 1.0 0.6 1.6 0.6Note* 0.4 1.0
NoNote† 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable
Barriers  
Too tired  
New vascular diagnosis  
Yes 5.9Note* 1.5 22.9 1.4 0.4 4.8
NoNote† 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable
Disability/Health problem  
New vascular diagnosis  
Yes 3.1 1.0 10.3 5.1Note* 2.2 11.7
NoNote† 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable
Intentions  
Intend to improve physical health in next year  
New vascular diagnosis  
Yes 1.0 0.5 1.7 0.6Note* 0.4 0.9
NoNote† 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable
Intend to start/increase exercise  
New vascular diagnosis  
Yes 0.8 0.4 1.5 1.0 0.5 1.8
NoNote† 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable 1.0 Note…: not applicable Note…: not applicable
† reference category
* significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)
... not applicable
Note: Because of rounding, odds ratios with upper confidence limit of 1.0 was statistically significant.
Source: 1994/1995 and 1996/1997 National Population Health Survey, longitudinal sample (square).