Lifestyle Behaviors and Self-Rated Health: The Living for Health Program
Table 4
Logistic regression: unadjusted and adjusted associations between lifestyle behaviors and poor/fair self-rated health for males.
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
2.68
1.09–6.58
0.031
2.86
1.19–7.35
0.028
≤2 per day
1.48
0.71–3.09
0.289
1.57
0.72–3.42
0.257
Fat intake
Mostly low fat, some high fat/primary low fat foods
Reference
—
—
Reference
—
—
Both high fat and low fat about the same
1.11
0.62–1.98
0.721
1.202
0.65–2.21
0.554
Primary high fat foods/mostly high fat, some low fat
3.18
1.70–5.97
<0.001
3.367
1.69–2.43
0.001
Physical activity
≥5 days per week
Reference
—
—
Reference
—
—
1–4 days per week
1.09
0.60–1.99
0.771
0.83
0.44–1.56
0.562
1–3 times per month or never
1.86
1.02–3.40
0.043
1.50
0.79–2.49
0.218
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.