Patient-reported GP health assessments rather than individual cardiovascular risk burden are associated with the engagement in lifestyle changes: population-based survey in South Australia

BMC Family Practice

Table 3 Association between cardiovascular diseases or their cardiometabolic risk factors and engagement in lifestyle changes among individuals ≥35 years in South Australia in 2017 (N = 2384)

	Lifestyle changes¹
	Increasing fruit and vegetable intake	Increasing physical activity level	Reducing alcohol consumption^a	Tried to quit smoking^b
Cardiometabolic risk factors
Obesity^c	35.2	42.0	33.1	33.5
Hypertension	31.3	40.6	33.7	29.9
Dyslipidaemia	34.8	41.8	33.2	39.1
Diabetes mellitus	32.2	45.7	38.6*	35.9
Cardiovascular disease
Myocardial infarction or angina	39.3	46.7	32.3	38.9
Heart failure	29.3	41.4	13.3*	66.8*
Stroke	32.9	46.0	38.8	60.3

P-value * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001
¹ Results adjusted for sociodemographic variables (sex, age, area of residence, marital status, education level, dwelling, socioeconomic position, working status) and mental health status, and current lifestyle characteristics (portions of fruit/vegetable per day, days of physical activity, doses of alcohol/day, and cigarettes smoked/day). ^a Analyses restricted to individuals that consumed alcohol in the last 12 months (n = 1881)
^b Analyses restricted to individuals that smoked in the last 12 months (n = 409)
^c Body mass index ≥30.0 kg/m² based on self-reported information for weight and height