Active lifestyles related to excellent self-rated health and quality of life: cross sectional findings from 194,545 participants in The 45 and Up Study

Richard R Rosenkranz; Mitch J Duncan; Sara K Rosenkranz; Gregory S Kolt

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-1071

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Bivariate associations between participant characteristics and self-rated health and quality of life status in the 45 and Up Study baseline sample (N =194,545)

From: Active lifestyles related to excellent self-rated health and quality of life: cross sectional findings from 194,545 participants in The 45 and Up Study

				Excellent health	Excellent quality of life
		N	%	OR* (95% CI)	OR* (95% CI)
Sex
	Male†	95,242	48.4	1.00	1.00
	Female	100,293	51.6	1.38 (1.34—1.41)	1.31 (1.28—1.33)
Sitting time per day (hours)
	≥8†	50,402	25.9	1.00	1.00
	6 to <8	38,806	19.9	0.99 (0.95—1.02)	1.03 (0.99—1.06)
	4 to <6	55,435	28.5	1.01 (0.97—1.04)	1.05 (1.02—1.08)
	0 to <4	49,902	25.7	1.23 (1.19—1.27)	1.18 (1.15—1.22)
Physical activity per week (minutes)
	0†	7,624	3.9	1.00	1.00
	1 to 149	30,086	15.5	1.60 (1.44—1.77)	1.75 (1.61—1.90)
	150 to 299	30,524	15.7	2.52 (2.27—2.79)	2.65 (2.44—2.87)
	300 to 539	41,413	21.3	3.45 (3.12—3.82)	3.34 (3.09—3.61)
	≥540	84,898	43.6	4.48 (4.06—4.95)	4.05 (3.75—4.38)
Age group (years)
	45 to 54†	62,038	31.933.8	1.00	1.00
	55 to 64	65,796	33.8	0.84 (0.82—0.86)	0.94 (0.92—0.97)
	65 to 74	40,444	20.8	0.58 (0.56—0.60)	0.69 (0.67—0.71)
	75 to 84	22,037	11.3	0.32 (0.30—0.33)	0.37 (0.35—0.39)
	85 and older	4,230	2.2	0.20 (0.17—0.23)	0.21 (0.19—0.23)
Household income
	less than $10 K†	9,699	5.0	1.00	1.00
	$10 to <30 K	45,958	23.6	1.18 (1.09—1.28)	1.33 (1.25—1.43)
	$30 to <50 K^#	62,408	32.1	2.09 (1.94—2.26)	2.38 (2.23—2.53)
	$50 to <70 K	22,037	11.7	2.59 (2.38—2.80)	2.93 (2.74—3.14)
	$70 K or more	53,803	27.7	3.83 (3.55—4.14)	4.37 (4.09—4.66)
Residential remoteness
	Major city†	88,446	45.5	1.00	1.00
	Inner regional area	68,785	35.4	0.92 (0.89—0.94)	1.02 (1.00—1.04)
	Outer regional area	33,743	17.3	0.86 (0.83—0.89)	0.98 (0.95—1.01)
	Remote area	3,259	1.7	0.72 (0.65—0.80)	0.88 (0.81—0.96)
	Very remote area	312	0.2	0.67 (0.48—0.94)	0.96 (0.74—1.25)
Residential economic advantage
	Least advantaged†	48,713	25.0	1.00	1.00
	Mid—low advantage	45,756	23.5	1.11 (1.07—1.15)	1.07 (1.04—1.10)
	Mid—high advantage	48,894	25.1	1.25 (1.20—1.29)	1.15 (1.12—1.18)
	Most advantaged	51,182	26.3	1.68 (1.62—1.74)	1.47 (1.43—1.51)
Educational qualification
	No school certificate†	18,646	9.6	1.00	1.00
	School certificate	40,685	20.9	1.59 (1.49—1.68)	1.57 (1.50—1.65)
	High school certificate	19,588	10.1	2.01 (1.88—2.14)	1.92 (1.82—2.03)
	Trade/apprenticeship	21,426	11.0	1.44 (1.34—1.53)	1.50 (1.42—1.58)
	Certificate/diploma	43,251	22.2	2.20 (2.08—2.33)	2.22 (2.12—2.33)
	University degree	50,949	26.2	3.34 (3.16—3.53)	3.29 (3.14—3.44)
Smoking status
	Never regular smoker†	110,119	56.6	1.00	1.00
	Ever regular smoker	84,426	43.4	0.67 (0.65—0.68)	0.72 (0.71—0.74)
Weight status
	Underweight	2,404	1.2	0.65 (0.58—0.72)	0.59 (0.53—0.65)
	Normal weight†	71,499	36.8	1.00	1.00
	Overweight	77,684	39.9	0.59 (0.57—0.60)	0.76 (0.74—0.78)
	Obese	42,958	22.1	0.24 (0.23—0.25)	0.46 (0.45—0.48)
Chronic diseases
	None†	71,221	36.6	1.00	1.00
	One	67,886	34.9	0.59 (0.57—0.60)	0.75 (0.73—0.76)
	Two or more	55,438	28.5	0.23 (0.22—0.24)	0.43 (0.42—0.44)
Functional limitation
	No limitation†	66,747	34.3	1.00	1.00
	Minor limitation	34,012	17.5	0.40 (0.38—0.41)	0.64 (0.62—0.65)
	Moderate limitation	36,819	18.9	0.20 (0.19—0.20)	0.39 (0.38—0.40)
	Severe limitation	56,967	29.3	0.05 (0.05—0.06)	0.12 (0.11—0.12)
Marital status
	Not married, divorced, separated †	45,492	23.4	1.00	1.00
	Married, de facto	149,053	76.6	1.33 (1.29—1.37)	1.82 (1.77—1.86)

†Reference category; *Unadjusted odds ratio; #includes those selecting “prefer not to answer”.

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