Healthcare Providers’ Recommendations for Physical Activity among US Arthritis Population: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by Race/Ethnicity

Table 2

Healthcare providers’ recommendations for physical activity and individuals’ adherence to physical activity guidelines in the overall sample and among those who adhered to recommended guidelines and those who did not.

			Adhered to physical activity guidelines; ( = 40,743)	Did not adhere to physical activity guidelines ( = 42,633)
Sample	Overall providers’ recommendations for physical activity; ( = 83,376); (%)	Individuals who received recommendations and adhered to physical activity guidelines; ( = 47,296); (%)	Individuals who received providers’ recommendations; ( = 23,445); (%)	Individuals who received providers’ recommendations; ( = 24,481); (%)
Whole sample	58.2	48.1	58.0	58.5
African American	67.1	36.0	63.4	69.3
Hispanic	64.7	40.8	60.2	68.1
White	56.4	52.4	57.3	55.4

Sample weighted to the US population.