Research Article
Personal Health Practices and Patient Counseling of German Physicians in Private Practice
Table 1
Health indices of German physicians in private practice.
| | | Men (%; ) | Women (%; ) | Total (%; ) | |
| | Body mass index (BMI) | | | | <0.001 | | <18.5 kg/m2 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 1.2 | | | ≥18.5 to ≤25 | 47.9 | 73.1 | 58.0 | | | >25 to ≤30 | 47.5 | 20.0 | 36.6 | | | >30 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | |
| Blood pressure (BP)
(male = 163, female = 124) | | | | 0.573 | | Syst ≤ 139, diast ≤ 89 | 92.0 | 94.4 | 93.0 | | | Syst 140–159, diast 90–99 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 6.6 | | | ≥160/100 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
| Physical health (SF-12)
Reference GP | M 52.0 (SD 6.5)**
M 50.2 (SD 8.7) | M 50.1 (SD 7.6)**
M 47.9 (SD 9.7) | M 51.3 (SD 6.9)**
M 49.0 (SD 9.4) | 0.009 |
| Mental health (SF-12)
Reference GP | M 48.3 (SD 9.7)**
M 53.3 (SD 7.6) | M 47.7 (SD 10.3)**
M 51.3 (SD 8.4) | M 48.1 (SD 9.9)**
M 52.2 (SD 8.1) | 0.587 |
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to reference
m: male, f: female
M: mean, SD: standard deviation.
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