Table 3 Association between fruit/vegetable consumption (Low, 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 (<5)‡ | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Fruit and vegetable consumption = High (> = 5)‡ | 0.36 | (0.16-0.81) | 0.32 | (0.15-0.71) | 0.29 | (0.13-0.69) |
p for difference (df = 1) | 0.014 | 0.005 | 0.005 | |||
Mental health (K6 scores) | ||||||
Fruit and vegetable consumption = Low (<5)‡ | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Fruit and vegetable consumption = High (> = 5)‡ | 1.11 | (0.51-2.44) | 1.06 | (0.48-2.35) | 1.11 | (0.48-2.54) |
p for group difference (df = 1) | 0.791 | 0.888 | 0.813 | |||