Research Article

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.

VariablesUnadjustedAdjusted
OR95% CI for OR valueOR95% CI for OR value

F & V (servings/day)
 ≥5 per dayReferenceReference
 3-4 per day2.681.09–6.580.0312.861.19–7.350.028
 ≤2 per day1.480.71–3.090.2891.570.72–3.420.257
Fat intake
 Mostly low fat, some high fat/primary low fat foodsReferenceReference
 Both high fat and low fat about the same1.110.62–1.980.7211.2020.65–2.210.554
 Primary high fat foods/mostly high fat, some low fat3.181.70–5.97<0.0013.3671.69–2.430.001
Physical activity
 ≥5 days per weekReferenceReference
 1–4 days per week1.090.60–1.990.7710.830.44–1.560.562
 1–3 times per month or never1.861.02–3.400.0431.500.79–2.490.218

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.