ABC | Volume 112, Nº6, June 2019

Original Article Fernandes et al Lifestyle and costs of medicine use Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 112(6):749-755 Table 2 – Summarized characteristics of the sample (n = 118) Variables Descriptive Statistic Mean (95%CI) Median (IR) Age (years) baseline 51.7 (50.4 to 53.1) 51.1 (10.1) Body weight (kg) baseline 74.6 (71.7 to 77.4) 72.6 (16.6) Height (m) baseline 1.65 (1.63 to 1.67) 1.65 (0.15) BMI (Kg/m 2 ) baseline 26.92 (26.3 to 27.5) 26.41 (5.98) Costs with medicine (US$) follow-up 26.16 (17.7 to 34.62) 1.19 (42.91) Alcohol consumption (days) baseline 2.1 (1.9 to 2.3) 2 (2) Alcohol consumption (days) follow-up 1.9 (1.7 to 2.2) 1 (2) Sleep quality (MSQ score) baseline 26.6 (24.7 to 28.4) 25 (13) Sleep quality (MSQ score) follow-up 26.8 (24.8 to 28.7) 26 (15) PA (≥7,500 steps/day) baseline 2.3 (1.8 to 2.7) 1 (5) PA (≥7,500 steps/day) follow-up 1.9 (1.5 to 2.3) 1 (4) SB at work (score) baseline 3.2 (2.9 to 3.4) 3 (2) SB at work (score) follow-up 3.1 (2.9 to 3.3) 3 (2) Smoking (yes [%]) baseline 5.1% (1.1% to 9.1%) --- Smoking (yes [%]) follow-up 5.9% (1.6% to 10.1%) --- Medicine use (yes [%]) follow-up 52.5 (43.5% to 61.5%) --- 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; IR: interquartile range; BMI: body mass index; MSQ: mini-sleep questionnaire; PA: physical activity; SB: sedentary behavior. Table 3 – Linear regression describing the relationship between 12-months medicine costs (dependent variable) and lifestyle behaviors (n= 118) Independent variables Model - A Model - B Model - C Model - D Baseline Follow-up Follow-up minus Baseline Baseline plus Follow-up β (β 95%CI ) β (β 95%CI ) β (β 95%CI ) β (β 95%CI ) PA (steps) -0.011 (-0.078 to 0.056) -0.048 (-0.122 to 0.027) -0.18 (-0.092 to 0.056) -0.017 (-0.058 to 0.025) Sleep quality (MSQ score) 0.018 (0.001 to 0.034) 0.018 (0.002 to 0.033) 0.004 (-0.017 to 0.026) 0.011 (0.002 to 0.019) Alcohol consumption (days) -0.137 (-0.272 to -0.002) -0.111 (-0.241 to 0.019) 0.034 (-0.140 to 0.208) -0.073 (-0.145 to -0.001) Smoking (yes) 0.157 (-0.514 to 0.828) 0.424 (-0.224 to 1.072) 0.819 (-0.376 to 2.014) 0.170 (-0.172 to 0.513) SB at work (frequency) 0.021 (-0.114 to 0.157) 0.017 (-0.123 to 0.157) 0.023 (-0.154 to 0.201) 0.006 (-0.070 to 0.082) Sex (female)* -0.447 (-0.900 to 0.007) -0.341 (-0.780 to 0.098) -0.302 (-0.731 to 0.126) -0.421 (-0.872 to 0.029) Age (years)* 0.021 (-0.004 to 0.047) 0.020 (-0.004 to 0.044) 0.029 (0.003 to 0.056) 0.019 (-0.005 to 0.044) Body fatness (%)* 0.023 (0.003 to 0.043) 0.019 (-0.002 to 0.039) 0.027 (0.007 to 0.048) 0.020 (-0.001 to 0.040) SBP (mmHg)* -0.005 (-0.028 to 0.019) -0.005 (-0.028 to 0.017) -0.004 (-0.028 to 0.020) -0.005 (-0.028 to 0.018) DBP (mmHg)* 0.017 (-0.010 to 0.044) 0.021 (-0.005 to 0.047) 0.014 (-0.014 to 0.043) 0.020 (-0.007 to 0.046) Schooling (years)* 0.084 (-0.024 to 0.193) 0.091 (-0.020 to 0.202) 0.080 (-0.026 to 0.187) 0.092 (-0.019 to 0.202) Linear regression parameters R 0.527 0.549 0.473 0.548 r 2 0.278 0.301 0.224 0.300 r 2 adjusted 0.191 0.219 0.131 0.217 *: only baseline values were used; Model-A: lifestyle behaviors inserted as baseline values; Model-B: lifestyle behaviors inserted as follow-up values; Model-C: lifestyle behaviors inserted as follow-up minus baseline values; Model-D: lifestyle behaviors inserted as baseline plus follow-up values; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval; PA: physical activity; MSQ: mini-sleep questionnaire; SB: sedentary behavior; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure. 752