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Table 2 General practitioner consultations attended and the unhealthy lifestyle index

From: People with multiple unhealthy lifestyles are less likely to consult primary healthcare

Number of unhealthy lifestyles

Sample: N (%)

% not seeing at least one general practitioner within 12 months

Mean count of consultations among those who attended at least one consultation with a general practitioner within 12 months

0 (ref)

3,225 (1.5%)

6.5

6.9

1

16,751 (7.7%)

6.5

6.8

2

38,959 (17.9%)

6.6

6.8

3

55,948 (25.7%)

7.5*

6.8

4

51,663 (23.8%)

8.3***

6.7

5

32,760 (15.1%)

9.4***

6.6**

6

13,869 (6.4%)

10.1***

6.4***

7

3,779 (1.7%)

11.0***

6.1***

8

423 (0.2%)

16.4***

5.9***

  1. ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05.
  2. For each number of unhealthy lifestyles we compared the means of the outcome variables to the mean in the reference category (individuals with no unhealthy lifestyles) and report the corresponding significance in terms of p-values.