Factors associated with self-reported health: implications for screening level community-based health and environmental studies

Jane E. Gallagher; Adrien A. Wilkie; Alissa Cordner; Edward E. Hudgens; Andrew J. Ghio; Rebecca J. Birch; Timothy J. Wade

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3321-5

Table 2 Lifestyle and health characteristics of the study population (N = 1372 twenty to fifty year old nonsmokers)

From: Factors associated with self-reported health: implications for screening level community-based health and environmental studies

	N	Weighted percent^f (SE)		N	Weighted percent^f (SE)
Home ownership			Self-reported health status
Owned or being bought	807	68.1 (2.5)	Excellent	309	24.0 (1.5)
Rented	531	30.1 (2.4)	Very good	442	35.9 (1.4)
Other arrangement	34	1.8 (0.4)	Good	434	30.9 (1.7)
Watch TV 3+ hours/day			Fair	166	8.1 (0.8)
No	948	72.5 (1.4)	Poor	21	1.2 (0.3)
Yes	424	27.5 (1.4)	High blood pressure^d
Worried would run out of food^a			No	1238	88.8 (1.1)
Often true	88	4.4 (0.8)	Yes	134	11.2 (1.1)
Sometimes true	198	9.1 (1.0)	Diabetes^e
Never true	845	62.4 (2.4)	No	1306	95.3 (0.5)
Screened out	219	22.5 (1.6)	Yes	64	4.5 (0.5)
Missing	22	1.6 (0.4)	Missing	2	<0.3^c
Worried couldn’t afford balanced meals^a			Ever had asthma^e
Often true	44	2.6 (0.5)	No	1203	86.6 (1.0)
Sometimes true	146	6.4 (0.9)	Yes	169	13.4 (1.0)
Never true	939	66.8 (2.1)	Current asthma^e
Screened out	219	22.5 (1.6)	No	1268	92.1 (0.9)
Don’t know/ Missing	24	1.7 (0.4)	Yes	102	7.8 (0.9)
Health insurance			Missing	2	<0.3^c
No	350	20.0 (1.7)	Asthma attack past year^e
Yes	1022	80.0 (1.7)	No	1319	95.7 (0.5)
Number of prescription medications^b			Yes	51	4.1 (0.5)
0	833	54.3 (1.5)	Missing	2	<0.3^c
1	245	19.6 (1.3)	Ever had thyroid problem^e
2	125	10.4 (1.0)	No	1289	92.6 (0.9)
3 to 4	121	11.3 (1.1)	Yes	82	7.3 (0.9)
>4	48	4.4 (0.8)	Missing	1	<0.3^c
Body Mass Index			Ever had cancer/malignancy^e
Underweight (<18.5)	19	1.4 (0.4)	No	1348	97.3 (0.5)
Normal weight (18.5–< 25)	414	32.2 (1.5)	Yes	23	2.7 (0.5)
Overweight (25–< 30)	461	31.8 (1.5)	Missing	1	<0.3^c
Obese (≥30)	478	34.6 (1.6)	Stomach illness^a
HDL <60 mg/dL			No	1165	85.2 (1.1)
No	477	30.7 (1.4)	Yes	115	9.0 (1.0)
Yes	895	69.3 (1.4)	Missing	92	5.8 (0.7)
Glucose ≥88 mg/dL			Physical health poor^a
No	698	46.6 (1.8)	0 days	874	64.5 (1.3)
Yes	674	53.4 (1.8)	1 to 3 days	178	13.2 (0.9)
CRP ≥ 1 mg/dL			4 to 6 days	78	5.8 (0.8)
No	1202	90.8 (0.7)	7 or more days	150	10.8 (1.0)
Yes	170	9.2 (0.7)	Missing	92	5.8 (0.7)
Anyone smoke in home?^a			Mental health poor^a
No	1302	95.8 (0.7)	0 days	776	56.8 (1.8)
Yes	67	4.1 (0.7)	1 to 7 days	361	27.3 (1.4)
Missing	3	<0.3^c	7 to 14 days	46	3.6 (0.7)
			15 to 30 days	97	6.4 (0.8)
			Missing	92	5.8 (0.7)

^apast year; ^bpast 30 days; ^cWeighted percentage less than 0.3 (SE not calculated); ^dHigh blood pressure was determined using measured values at the examination; ^eSelf-reported that respondents were told by doctor or other health care provider that they had the condition; ^fThe weighted percent adjusts for differential probabilities of selection, nonresponse, and differences between the final sample and the total population

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