Association of Perceived Stress with Stressful Life Events, Lifestyle and Sociodemographic Factors: A Large-Scale Community-Based Study Using Logistic Quantile Regression

Table 2

Estimated logistic quantile regression coefficients (OR (95%CI)) for perceived stress.

Variables/quantile	q15	q30	q40	q50	q60	q70	q80	q85	q90	q95
Family conflicts	1.14* (1.04–1.25)	1.19* (1.09–1.29)	1.29* (1.18–1.42)	1.33* (1.22–1.45)	1.30* (1.21–1.40)	1.32* (1.21–1.44)	1.29* (1.20–1.39)	1.25* (1.15–1.37)	1.31* (1.16–1.48)	1.14 (0.95–1.37)
Financial problem	1.05* (1.01–1.09)	1.03* (1.0–1.06)	1.06* (1.03–1.09)	1.07* (1.03–1.1)	1.05* (1.02–1.09)	1.06* (1.02–1.10)	1.08* (1.04–1.13)	1.09* (1.05–1.14)	1.08* (1.03–1.14)	1.06 (0.99–1.14)
Social problem	1.1* (1.05–1.15)	1.07* (1.02–1.11)	1.08* (1.05–1.12)	1.11* (1.08–1.15)	1.14* (1.1–1.17)	1.15* (1.11–1.19)	1.17* (1.12–1.22)	1.19* (1.14–1.24)	1.15* (1.10–1.21)	1.19* (1.10–1.28)
Job insecurity	1.08* (1.02–1.15)	1.05 (1.0–1.10)	1.04 (0.99–1.1)	1.08* (1.01–1.14)	1.11* (1.05–1.17)	1.11* (1.05–1.16)	1.07* (1.01–1.14)	1.09* (1.02–1.16)	1.11* (1.02–1.21)	1.20* (1.06–1.36)
Global dietary index (GDI)	1.18* (1.01–1.37)	1.07 (0.97–1.17)	1.11* (1.0–1.24)	1.15* (1.04–1.27)	1.19* (1.06–1.34)	1.23* (1.09–1.40)	1.19* (1.03–1.36)	1.13 (0.98–1.31)	1.15 (0.96–1.38)	1.04 (0.76–1.42)
Age (19–29 years: reference category)
30–50	1.1 (0.97–1.24)	0.97 (0.9–1.04)	0.94 (0.87–1.02)	0.95 (0.87–1.04)	0.92 (0.84–1.01)	0.89* (0.82–0.98)	0.86* (0.76–0.96)	0.83* (0.73–0.94)	0.85* (0.74–0.98)	0.83 (0.68–1.02)
>50	1.06 (0.91–1.23)	0.98 (0.9–1.07)	0.95 (0.86–1.05)	0.96 (0.87–1.06)	0.93 (0.83–1.04)	0.92 (0.80–1.06)	0.87 (0.74–1.01)	0.83* (0.71–0.97)	0.82* (0.69–0.97)	0.84 (0.66–1.07)
Total daily physical activity (<𝑄33: first tertile: reference category)
𝑄33-𝑄66 (second tertile)	0.88* (0.77–0.99)	0.97 (0.92–1.04)	0.98 (0.91–1.05)	0.98 (0.90–1.07)	0.98 (0.90–1.06)	0.93 (0.84–1.04)	0.90* (0.81–1.0)	0.95 (0.83–1.08)	0.88 (0.75–1.04)	0.89 (0.76–1.05)
>𝑄66 (third tertile)	0.79* (0.70–0.89)	0.90* (0.82–0.99)	0.93 (0.86–1.0)	0.93 (0.85–1.02)	0.94 (0.86–1.03)	0.86* (0.77–0.96)	0.83* (0.73–0.94)	0.83* (0.72–0.95)	0.77* (0.65–0.90)	0.77* (0.62–0.96)
Job (housewife: reference category)
Manual	0.8 (0.64–1.0)	0.95 (0.85–1.06)	0.94 (0.83–1.07)	0.92 (0.82–1.04)	0.94 (0.81–1.08)	0.99 (0.83–1.17)	0.87 (0.71–1.06)	0.86 (0.71–1.03)	0.89 (0.72–1.09)	1.04 (0.76–1.43)
Nonmanual	0.81* (0.66–0.99)	0.92 (0.80–1.05)	0.93 (0.84–1.04)	0.93 (0.83–1.03)	0.94 (0.84–1.06)	0.94 (0.82–1.09)	0.82* (0.68–0.98)	0.83* (0.70–0.98)	0.83 (0.68–1.02)	1.05 (0.80–1.38)
Retired and workless	0.89 (0.69–1.14)	0.93 (0.82–1.05)	0.90 (0.78–1.04)	0.93 (0.8–1.1)	0.94 (0.80–1.10)	0.97 (0.81–1.17)	0.98 (0.80–1.20)	1.04 (0.85–1.26)	1.13 (0.90–1.40)	1.32 (0.94–1.86)
Urban (versus rural)	1.09 (0.97–1.22)	1.06 (0.98–1.14)	1.05 (0.96–1.14)	1.08 (0.98–1.18)	1.09 (0.99–1.21)	1.08 (0.96–1.23)	1.08 (0.97–1.21)	1.11 (0.97–1.27)	1.05 (0.92–1.21)	1.22 (0.99–1.50)
Married (versus single)	0.92 (0.84–1.01)	1 (0.93–1.07)	1 (0.92–1.08)	0.97 (0.89–1.06)	0.99 (0.90–1.08)	1 (0.90–1.10)	0.94 (0.82–1.07)	0.86* (0.74–0.99)	0.85 (0.73–1.0)	0.8* (0.65–0.97)
Female (versus male)	1.30* (1.04–1.61)	1.18* (1.03–1.36)	1.25* (1.09–1.42)	1.28* (1.12–1.46)	1.37* (1.20–1.57)	1.36* (1.17–1.57)	1.19* (1.02–1.04)	1.12 (0.93–1.35)	1.07 (0.83–1.36)	1.17 (0.82–1.66)
Income (<100$: reference category)
100–300	0.90 (0.80–1.02)	0.90* (0.82–0.99)	0.83* (0.74–0.94)	0.81* (0.74–0.89)	0.84* (0.76–0.92)	0.83* (0.73–0.95)	0.85* (0.75–0.96)	0.89 (0.79–1.0)	0.97 (0.82–1.13)	0.88 (0.66–1.17)
300–500	0.90 (0.77–1.06)	0.90* (0.81–1.0)	0.83* (0.73–0.95)	0.78* (0.70–0.88)	0.79* (0.70–0.90)	0.76* (0.65–0.89)	0.81* (0.69–0.95)	0.87 (0.74–1.03)	0.93 (0.77–1.13)	0.8 (0.58–1.09)
>500	0.82 (0.67–1.0)	0.88 (0.75–1.03)	0.81* (0.69–0.95)	0.75* (0.63–0.89)	0.82* (0.67–0.99)	0.93 (0.76–0.93)	0.93 (0.75–1.15)	0.97 (0.75–1.24)	1.11 (0.88–1.39)	0.87 (0.63–1.22)
Education (illiterate-years: reference category)
1–8	0.84* (0.72–0.98)	0.91 (0.81–1.04)	0.83* (0.73–0.95)	0.76* (0.67–0.88)	0.75* (0.67–0.84)	0.70* (0.61–0.81)	0.68* (0.58–0.81)	0.69* (0.57–0.82)	0.65* (0.51–0.82)	0.58* (0.40–0.85)
9–12	0.73* (0.61–0.87)	0.86* (0.74–1.0)	0.78* (0.67–0.90)	0.72* (0.61–0.84)	0.68* (0.59–0.78)	0.66* (0.57–0.78)	0.62* (0.51–0.74)	0.62* (0.50–0.76)	0.58* (0.44–0.76)	0.48* (0.31–0.74)
>12	0.66* (0.54–0.81)	0.81* (0.68–0.97)	0.74* (0.64–0.87)	0.68* (0.57–0.80)	0.65* (0.57–0.75)	0.66* (0.56–0.78)	0.61* (0.50–0.74)	0.59* (0.47–0.74)	0.58* (0.43–0.77)	0.48* (0.32–0.73)
Smoker (versus nonsmoker)	1.1 (0.98–1.25)	1.06 (0.96–1.17)	1.08 (1.0–1.17)	1.11* (1.02–1.22)	1.13* (1.02–1.25)	1.08 (0.97–1.21)	1.02 (0.89–1.16)	1.01 (0.85–1.19)	1.06 (0.86–1.30)	1.22 (0.92–1.60)
Constant	0.13* (0.09–0.17)	0.20* (0.16–0.24)	0.25* (0.19–0.31)	0.29* (0.24–0.36)	0.33* (0.26–0.41)	0.43* (0.34–0.55)	0.80 (0.58–1.10)	1.01 (0.73–1.41)	1.34 (0.85–2.10)	2.01* (1.08–3.73)

*Indicating statistically significant.