The correlates of social capital and adherence to healthy lifestyle in patients with coronary heart disease

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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of subjects (N=609)

Characteristics	N	%	M ± SD
Gender
Male	331	54.35
Female	278	45.65
Age, years			60.87±6.91
<60	238	39.08
≤60	371	60.92
Education
Middle school or less	289	47.45
High school or more	340	52.55
Marital status
Married	546	89.66
Single/widowed/divorced	63	10.34

Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Descriptive statistics for physical activity, nutrition, and social capital

Variables	No of items	Possible range of single item	M	SD
Physical activity	8	1–4	2.38	0.59
Nutrition	9	1–4	2.78	0.50
Social participation	4	1–5	3.38	0.90
Social networking	3	1–5	3.68	0.77
Social support	6	1–5	3.58	0.66
Social trust	3	1–5	4.01	0.80
Sense of belonging	3	1–5	3.39	0.95

Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation.

Table 3 Differences in physical activity and nutrition by sociodemographic characteristics (N=609)

Variable	Physical activity			Nutrition
	M	SD	t	M	SD	t
Gender			0.46			−1.01
Male	2.39	0.57		2.76	0.51
Female	2.37	0.62		2.80	0.50
Age, years			−1.618			0.95
<60	2.33	0.60		2.76	0.50
≤60	2.41	0.59		2.80	0.51
Education			−1.55			−3.55*
Middle school or less	2.34	0.59		2.70	0.50
High school or more	2.41	0.59		2.85	0.50
Marital status			0.983			2.04**
Married	2.39	0.59		2.79	0.50
Single/widowed/divorced	2.31	0.62		2.66	0.51

Notes:

* P<0.001;

** P<0.05.

Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation.

Table 4 The correlations of social capital, physical activity, and nutrition

Variables	Cronbach’s α	1	2	3	4	5	6
Social capital	0.93
1. Social participation	0.85
2. Social networking	0.86	0.53
3. Social support	0.90	0.57	0.53
4. Social trust	0.91	0.53	0.49	0.64
5. Sense of belonging	0.94	0.37	0.30	0.58	0.52
Adherence
6. Physical activity	0.87	0.46	0.38	0.41	0.45	0.35
7. Nutrition	0.81	0.40	0.36	0.48	0.49	0.32	0.71

Table 5 Hierarchical multiple regression for the effects of social capital on adherence to physical activity and nutrition

Predictors	Physical activity				Nutrition
	B	SE	β	t	B	SE	β	t
Step 1
Education	0.07	0.05	0.06	1.55	0.14	0.04	0.14	3.56*
Married status	0.08	0.08	0.04	0.98	0.14	0.07	0.08	2.05**
R^2	0.01				0.03
F	1.69				8.50*
Step 2
Education	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.58	0.05	0.04	0.05	1.56
Married status	0.07	0.07	0.04	1.01	0.13	0.06	0.08	2.37**
Social participation	0.16	0.03	0.25	5.48*	0.06	0.25	0.11	2.42**
Social networking	0.08	0.03	0.10	2.39**	0.03	0.03	0.05	1.20
Social support	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.68	0.17	0.04	0.22	4.22*
Social trust	0.04	0.04	0.18	3.78*	0.15	0.03	0.24	5.08*
Sense of belonging	0.07	0.03	0.11	2.61***	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.33
R^2	0.29				0.30
F	34.96*				37.73*

Notes:

* P<0.001;

** P<0.05;

*** P<0.01.