Table 5 Associations of current health asset value with maintenance of health behaviors for more than 6 months, for age, sex, income, and comorbidity (n = 1000), multiple stepwise model*.

From: Association of health asset value with subjective well-being, depression, health management strategy and habits in South Korea

 

Current HAV (median, 610.1)

(High vs. low)

aOR

95% CI

Regular exercise

≤ Action

1 (Ref)

 

Maintenance

1.85

1.36–2.53

Balanced diet

≤ Action

1 (Ref)

 

Maintenance

2.46

1.81–3.35

Regular check-ups

≤ Action

1 (Ref)

 

Maintenance

2.30

1.71–3.08

Smoking cessation

≤ Action

1 (Ref)

 

Maintenance

2.01

1.42–2.85

Drinking cessation

≤ Action

1 (Ref)

 

Maintenance

1.80

1.31–2.47

Work-life balance

≤ Action

1 (Ref)

 

Maintenance

2.33

1.67–3.27

Positive thinking

≤ Action

1 (Ref)

 

Maintenance

3.04

2.30–4.01

Proactive living

≤ Action

1 (Ref)

 

Maintenance

3.19

2.39–4.27

Living with loved ones

≤ Action

1 (Ref)

 

Maintenance

3.10

2.32–4.14

Helping others

≤ Action

1 (Ref)

 

Maintenance

1.91

1.30–2.83

Regular religious life

≤ Action

1 (Ref)

 

Maintenance

2.09

1.41–3.09

  1. HAV health asset value, aOR adjusted odds ratios, Ref reference.
  2. †Multiple stepwise logistic regression models selected significant variables with p-value of stay = 0.05, leave = 0.05, adjusted with age (≤ 50 vs. > 50), sex (male vs. female), household monthly income (< 3000$ vs. 3000$ ≤), and comorbidity (no vs. yes).
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