Table 2 Association between fruit/vegetable consumption (Low, Moderate, High) at baseline (cycle 5 in 2002/03) and non-excellent self-rated health, poor mental health (K6 > = 5) at follow-up (cycle 8 in 2008/09) among respondents aged 15–17 years old (n = 250) from the Statistics Canada’s National Population Health Survey (NPHS)
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Controlling for: | Sex, age, and frequency of fruit and vegetable intake at baseline | Covariates controlled at Model 1+ highest level of education in the household | Covariates controlled at Model 2 + the other covariates† at baseline | |||
OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
Self-rated health | ||||||
Fruit and vegetable consumption = Low (< = 3.14)‡ | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Fruit and vegetable consumption = Moderate (3.14-5.00)‡ | 1.16 | (0.45-2.99) | 1.16 | (0.45-2.98) | 1.11 | (0.41-3.04) |
Fruit and vegetable consumption = High (5<)‡ | 0.37 | (0.14-0.98) | 0.33 | (0.13-0.85) | 0.30 | (0.11-0.83) |
p for difference (df = 2) | 0.033 | 0.011 | 0.013 | |||
Mental health (K6 scores) | ||||||
Fruit and vegetable consumption = Low (< = 3.14)‡ | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Fruit and vegetable consumption = Moderate (3.14-5.00)‡ | 1.04 | (0.40-2.68) | 1.03 | (0.39-2.72) | 1.22 | (0.45-3.28) |
Fruit and vegetable consumption = High (5<)‡ | 1.16 | (0.46-2.98) | 1.10 | (0.42-2.87) | 1.25 | (0.45-3.45) |
p for group difference (df = 2) | 0.946 | 0.980 | 0.898 | |||