Participant characteristics separated for men with poor self-rated health and men with good self-rated health
| Self-rated health | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable/category | Poor n=1618 | Good n=41 492 | |
| χ2 | |||
| BMI | |||
| <18.5 | 18.2 | 13.4 | 31.01* |
| 18.5–25.0 | 74.4 | 80.0 | 29.32* |
| 25.0–30.0 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 1.32 |
| >30.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.00 |
| Socioeconomic position (%) | |||
| Worker, unskilled | 32.6 | 33.5 | 0.61 |
| Worker, skilled | 21.9 | 21.5 | 0.21 |
| Non-manual, assistant | 10.0 | 10.1 | 0.03 |
| Non-manual, intermediate | 18.5 | 16.7 | 3.80 |
| Non-manual, higher | 5.7 | 5.1 | 1.26 |
| Farmer | 8.3 | 10.9 | 10.48* |
| Non-classified | 2.9 | 2.2 | 3.04 |
| Inflammatory disease (%) | 22.6 | 8.5 | 377.98* |
| Low emotion regulation (%) | 71.2 | 28.6 | 1313.11* |
| Smoking (%) | |||
| >20 cigarettes/day | 14.5 | 3.2 | 555.13* |
| 11–20 cigarettes/day | 31.7 | 23.0 | 64.63* |
| 1–10 cigarettes/day | 25.1 | 32.2 | 35.34* |
| Non-smoker | 28.7 | 41.6 | 104.82* |
| Risky use of alcohol (%) | 29.3 | 15.2 | 191.76* |
| Physical activity (%) | 24.7 | 37.0 | 102.49* |
| t | |||
| ESR, M (SD) | 2.98 (2.19) | 2.70 (1.98) | 5.58* |
| BMI, M (SD) | 20.79 (2.73) | 21.00 (2.57) | −3.26* |
Group differences in frequencies have been tested with χ2 test, and differences in means with t tests.
*p <0.001.
BMI, body mass index; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; M, mean.