Do positive or negative experiences of social support relate to current and future health? Results from the Doetinchem Cohort Study

Table 3 Experiences of social support and incident lifestyle characteristics, biological factors, self-perceived health and mental health

	Positive experiences of social support					Negative experiences of social support
	T3 (high)	T2		T1 (low)		T1 (low)	T2		T3 (high)
	OR	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Lifestyle characteristics ¹
Current smoking	1	1.11	0.73-1.68	1.31	0.86-2.00	1	1.24	0.83-1.87	1.08	0.72-1.60
Excessive alcohol consumption	1	1.04	0.79-1.35	0.99	0.75-1.31	1	1.21	0.91-1.62	1.42	1.10-1.84
Low fruit and vegetable intake	1	1.16	0.95-1.41	1.03	0.84-1.28	1	0.98	0.79-1.21	1.08	0.89-1.32
Physical inactivity	1	0.89	0.71-1.10	1.05	0.84-1.29	1	1.39	1.12-1.73	1.28	1.03-1.58
Biological factors ²
Overweight	1	0.97	0.78-1.19	1.05	0.85-1.29	1	0.82	0.66-1.01	1.05	0.86-1.27
Hypertension	1	1.04	0.89-1.22	1.08	0.92-1.27	1	0.98	0.83-1.15	1.05	0.90-1.22
Hypercholesterolemia	1	0.96	0.79-1.16	1.07	0.88-1.29	1	0.98	0.81-1.19	0.98	0.82-1.18
Health indicators ³
Poor self-perceived health	1	0.95	0.71-1.28	0.81	0.59-1.11	1	1.05	0.76-1.45	1.36	1.01-1.82
Poor mental health	1	1.17	0.87-1.58	1.86	1.39-2.49	1	0.94	0.69-1.28	1.60	1.21-2.12

CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; T: tertile
¹ models included sex, age, educational level, marital status, employment status, study round, smoking, alcohol consumption, fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity
² models included sex, age, educational level, marital status, employment status, study round, overweight, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia
³ models included sex, age, educational level, marital status, employment status, study round, self-perceived health and mental health

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