Research Article

How Adolescent Subjective Health and Satisfaction with Weight and Body Shape Are Related to Participation in Sports

Table 2

Poor self-rated health according to amount and type of sports.

Predictor variableUnivariate, unadjusted analysis OR (95% CI)Adjusted, full model analysis OR (95% CI)

Reference category: gender boys
 Girls1.76 (1.38–2.23)1.70 (1.29–2.29)
Reference category: age group <18 years
 18–20 years1.43 (1.11–1.84)1.28 (0.66–2.47)
20 years1.07 (0.60–1.90)1.70 (0.86–3.34)
Reference category: BMI category 10th percentile-median
10th percentile (<18.74)2.22 (1.50–3.29)1.68 (1.07–2.64)
 Median-90th percentile (21.79–26.35)1.30 (0.97–1.74)1.54 (1.11–2.13)
90th percentile (>26.46)3.60 (2.51–5.16)3.85 (2.55–5.79)
Reference category: no physical activity during a week
 Small amount 0.62 (0.45–0.87)0.44 (0.28–0.68)
 Moderate amount0.36 (0.26–0.50)0.30 (0.19–0.47)
 Great amount0.14 (0.09–0.20)0.12 (0.07–0.21)
Reference category: no sports
 Team sports0.35 (0.24–0.51)1.04 (0.64–1.69)
 Individual sports without advantage of leanness0.70 (0.40–1.22)1.50 (0.80–2.82)
 Individual sports with advantage of leanness0.63 (0.47–0.84)1.28 (0.87–1.88)