Gender differences in illness perceptions and disease management in patients with gout, results from a questionnaire study in Western Sweden

Table 3 Age -adjusted gender comparisons of health care advice from health care professionals and dietary changes made by patients in men and women

Self-reported questions about dietary changes and health care advice	Men (n = 653) Yes (%)	Women (n = 154) Yes (%)	p-value
Have you reduced your intake of seafood?	13	23	0.001
Have you reduced your intake of meat?	19	41	< 0.001
Have you reduced your intake of organ meats?	45	69	0.003
Have you reduced your intake of alcohol?	44	48	0.018
Have you been advised by health care professionals about dietary changes?	53	22	< 0.001
Have you been advised by health care professionals about weight loss?	31	25	0.385
Have you been advised by health care professionals about weight loss?	65	47	0.041

Table 3, Age -adjusted gender comparisons of health care advice from health care professionals and dietary changes made by patients in men and women, groups compared with logistic regression adjusted for age

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