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Table 3 Perceived urban violence on health self-assessment in each of the hierarchical models for all, females and males participants for 955 young adults (18-29 years). Belo Horizonte Health Study, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2008–2009

From: Self-rated health and perceived violence in the neighborhood is heterogeneous between young women and men

Models

SRH Total

OR (95% CI)

SRH Females

OR (95% CI)

SRH Males

OR (95% CI)

Model 1

1,40 (1,05-1,87)

1,46 (0,99-2,16)

1,27 (0,79-2,03)

Model 2

1,37 (1,02-1,84)

1,47 (1,00-2,17)

1,15 (0,72-1,83)

Model 3

1,38 (1,03-1,86)

1,54 (1,06-2,25)

1,15 (0,71-1,85)

Model 4

1,28 (0,96-1,71)

1,47 (1,04-2,09)

1,05 (0,64-1,73)

Model 5

1,27 (0,94-1,72)

1,47 (1,02-2,12)

1,02 (0,59-1,75)

Model 6

1,28 (0,94-1,74)

1,52 (1,04-2,21)

0,94 (0,52-1,68)

  1. Model 1: Urban Violence Perceived Score
  2. Model 2: Model 1 plus years residing in the neighborhood
  3. Model 3: Model 2 plus age, sex (for all participants only) and marital status
  4. Model 4: Model 3 plus schooling and socioeconomic position score
  5. Model 5: Model 4 plus alcohol consumption, smoking, healthy diet and physical activity
  6. Model 6: Model 5 plus satisfied with his/her own weight and reporting of chronic diseases
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