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Table 4 Odds Ratiosa of poorer SRH for the clinical domain

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

 

N

Poorer SRHb

Fair/Poor SRHc

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Nutrition markers:

     

 Vitamin C (ng/mL)

1372

0.59 (0.43,0.82)

**

0.41 (0.25,0.67)

***

 Vitamin D (ng/mL)

1372

0.96 (0.95,0.97)

****

0.94 (0.92,0.95)

****

 Calcium (mg/dL)

1372

0.46 (0.34,0.63)

****

0.33 (0.18,0.61)

***

Disease risk factors:

     

 Serum Glucose > median (mg/dL)

1372

1.14 (0.92,1.40)

NS

1.01 (1.00,1.02)

**

 CRP ≥ 1.0 mg/dL

1372

1.42 (1.00,2.03)

NS

2.02 (1.39,2.95)

***

 Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)

1372

1.00 (1.00,1.00)

NS

1.00 (0.99,1.00)

NS

 Low HDL, Yes vs. No

1372

1.92 (1.51,2.45)

****

1.68 (1.01,2.79)

*

 Direct HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL)

1372

0.98 (0.97,0.98)

****

0.98 (0.97,0.99)

**

 Triglycerides

1372

1.00 (1.00,1.00)

**

1.00 (1.00,1.00)

NS

Cell counts & morphology:

     

 WBC count (1000 cells/μL)

1370

1.06 (0.99,1.13)

NS

1.07 (0.99,1.16)

NS

 Platelet count SI (1000 cells/μL)

1370

1.00 (1.00,1.00)

*

1.00 (1.00,1.00)

NS

 Basophils number

1360

1.03 (0.09,11.52)

NS

0.28 (0.01,9.98)

NS

 Basophils percent (%)

1360

0.90 (0.69,1.18)

NS

0.89 (0.54,1.47)

NS

 Monocytes number

1360

1.15 (0.53,2.49)

NS

1.38 (0.57,3.33)

NS

 Monocytes percent (%)

1360

0.96 (0.91,1.01)

NS

0.99 (0.90,1.09)

NS

 Segmented neutrophils number

1360

1.05 (0.96,1.14)

NS

1.08 (0.99,1.19)

NS

 Segmented neutrophils percent (%)

1360

1.00 (0.98,1.02)

NS

1.01 (0.99,1.03)

NS

 Eosinophils number

1360

2.03 (1.13,3.64)

*

3.62 (0.97,13.52)

NS

 Eosinophils percent (%)

1360

1.02 (0.97,1.07)

NS

1.06 (0.95,1.19)

NS

 Lymphocytes number

1360

1.23 (1.02,1.48)

*

0.99 (0.71,1.37)

NS

 Lymphocytes percent (%)

1360

1.00 (0.99,1.02)

NS

0.98 (0.96,1.01)

NS

 Mean platelet volume (fLd)

1370

1.01 (0.87,1.18)

NS

1.27 (1.00,1.61)

*

 Mean cell volume (fLd)

1372

0.96 (0.93,0.99)

**

0.93 (0.91,0.96)

****

Iron markers:

     

 Hematocrit (%)

1370

0.97 (0.93,1.01)

NS

0.95 (0.88,1.03)

NS

 Hemoglobin (g/dL)

1370

0.89 (0.80,0.99)

*

0.81 (0.65,1.01)

NS

 MCHC (g/dL)

1370

0.89 (0.80,1.00)

*

0.66 (0.50,0.86)

**

 Mean cell hemoglobin (pg)

1370

0.91 (0.86,0.96)

***

0.83 (0.77,0.89)

****

 Red cell distribution width (%)

1370

1.26 (1.13,1.40)

****

1.34 (1.14,1.58)

***

 Ferritin (ng/mL)

801

1.00 (1.00,1.00)

NS

1.00 (0.99,1.00)

NS

 Transferrin receptor (mg/L)

792

1.14 (1.04,1.25)

**

1.26 (1.11,1.43)

***

 Transferrin saturation (%)

825

0.98 (0.97,1.00)

**

0.94 (0.91,0.96)

****

 Glycohemoglobin (%)

1368

1.63 (1.36,1.96)

****

1.82 (1.30,2.55)

***

 Protoporphyrin (μg/dL RBC)

1372

1.01 (1.00,1.01)

****

1.01 (1.00,1.01)

***

 Iron, Frozen Serum (μg/dL)

825

0.99 (0.99,1.00)

**

0.98 (0.97,0.99)

****

 TIBC, Frozen Serum (μg/dL)

825

1.00 (1.00,1.00)

NS

1.00 (1.00,1.01)

NS

  1. NS not significant; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ****p < 0.0001
  2. aOdds Ratios adjusted for age, sex, diagnosed asthma, and diabetes
  3. bOR estimated with ordinal logistic regression of 5 point response of excellent to poor self-reported health
  4. cOR estimated with logistic regression on a binary SRH outcome that collapses excellent, very good, and good into one category and fair and poor into a second category
  5. dfL = femtoliters