Lifestyle Behaviors and Self-Rated Health: The Living for Health Program

Table 3

Logistic regression: unadjusted and adjusted associations between lifestyle behaviors and poor/fair self-rated health for females.

Variables	Unadjusted			Adjusted
	OR	95% CI for OR	value	OR	95% CI for OR	value
F & V (servings/day)
≥5 per day	Reference	—	—	Reference	—	—
3-4 per day	1.08	0.62–1.87	0.783	1.03	0.59–1.82	0.907
≤2 per day	2.27	1.39–3.70	0.001	2.14	1.30–3.54	0.003
Fat intake
Mostly low fat, some high fat/primary low fat foods	Reference	—	—	Reference	—	—
Both high fat and low fat about the same	1.36	1.01–1.83	0.041	1.46	1.07–2.01	0.018
Primary high fat foods/mostly high fat, some low fat	1.66	1.10–2.49	0.015	1.58	1.03–2.43	0.036
Physical activity
≥5 days per week	Reference	—	—	Reference	—	—
1–4 days per week	1.12	0.79–1.58	0.517	1.08	0.75–1.55	0.663
1–3 times per month or never	1.64	1.18–2.29	0.003	1.66	1.17–2.35	0.004

F & V = fruits and vegetables; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidential interval. ^†The other covariates included in the models were age, BMI, smoking, ethnicity, health insurance, and comorbidities.