Lifestyle Behaviors and Self-Rated Health: The Living for Health Program
Table 2
Characteristics of the study participants by self-rated health.
Variables
Self-rated health
value
Poor/fair ()
Excellent/very good/good ( = 1,346)
Gender
<0.001
Men
76 (21.4)
432 (32.1)
Women
279 (78.6)
914 (67.9)
Age (years)
18–30
46 (13.0)
240 (17.8)
0.024
31–55
183 (51.0)
710 (52.7)
>55
126 (35.5)
396 (29.4)
Body mass index (BMI)
<0.001
<29.9 kg/m2
189 (53.2)
953 (70.8)
≥30 kg/m2
166 (46.8)
393 (29.2)
Smoke
0.610
No
323 (91.0)
1236 (91.8)
Yes
32 (9.0)
110 (8.2)
Ethnicity
0.001
Hispanic
165 (46.5)
777 (57.7)
Non-Hispanic Black
135 (38.0)
396 (29.4)
Other
55 (15.5)
173 (12.9)
Health insurance
0.054
No
233 (65.6)
808 (60.0)
Yes
122 (34.4)
538 (40.0)
Comorbidities
<0.001
No
137 (38.6)
801 (59.5)
Yes
218 (61.4)
545 (40.5)
F & V (servings/day)
<0.001
≤2 per day
259 (73.0)
798 (59.3)
3-4 per day
64 (18.0)
389 (28.9)
≥5 per day
32 (9.0)
159 (11.8)
Fat intake
<0.001
Primary high fat foods/mostly high fat, some low fat
63 (17.7)
146 (10.8)
Both high fat and low fat about the same
119 (33.5)
419 (31.1)
Mostly low fat, some high fat/primary low fat foods
173 (48.7)
781 (58.0)
Physical activity
<0.001
1–3 times per month or never
143 (40.3)
390 (29.0)
1–4 days per week
114 (32.1)
485 (36.0)
≥5 days per week
98 (27.6)
471 (35.0)
F & V = fruits and vegetables. Statistical differences by self-rated health: Chi-square test. Data are presented as (%). value is considered significant at <0.05.
