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 (<: first tertile: reference category)
(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)
> (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.
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