Table 2

RR of developing multimorbidity within 11 years with regard to different items indicating existential unease in HUNT2, adjusted for common confounders

Variable	Multimorbidity		Model 1*	Model 2†		Model 3‡
Variable	No	Yes	RR	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI
Life satisfaction
Satisfied	7 489	2 781	1.0	1.0	Ref.	1.0	Ref.
Somewhat satisfied	5 060	2 473	1.18	1.16	1.10 to 1.23	1.16	1.10 to 1.23
Neither nor	1 236	836	1.47	1.44	1.33 to 1.56	1.40	1.29 to 1.52
Somewhat dissatisfied	112	90	1.66	1.65	1.33 to 2.03	1.56	1.26 to 1.90
Dissatisfied	49	39	1.60	1.51	1.10 to 2.08	1.39	1.00 to 0.192
Positive self-opinion
Strongly agree	2 253	753	1.0	1.0	Ref.	1.0	Ref.
Agree	9 012	4134	1.13	1.12	1.03 to 1.21	1.11	1.02 to 1.20
Disagree	658	444	1.43	1.38	1.23 to 1.56	1.30	1.15 to 1.47
Strongly disagree	30	22	1.56	1.49	0.97 to 2.27	1.37	0.89 to 2.09
Living a meaningful life
Yes	10 444	4 518	1.0	1.0	Ref.	1.0	Ref.
No	1 391	781	1.23	1.21	1.12 to 1.30	1.15	1.06 to 1.25
Enjoying work
A great deal	3 857	1 626	1.0	1.0	Ref.	1.0	Ref.
A fair amount	6 726	3 066	1.03	1.03	0.97 to 1.09	1.02	0.95 to 1.08
Not much	432	240	1.23	1.21	1.05 to 1.38	1.16	1.01 to 1.33
Not at all	39	20	1.25	1.23	0.79 to 1.91	1.15	0.73 to 1.79
Financial worries
No, never	8 786	3 723	1.0	1.0	Ref.	1.0	Ref.
Yes, though seldom	1 966	908	1.21	1.18	1.10 to 1.27	1.18	1.10 to 1.27
Yes, sometimes	1 016	580	1.36	1.30	1.19 to 1.42	1.30	1.19 to 1.42
Yes, often	254	184	1.58	1.50	1.29 to 1.74	1.46	1.25 to 1.70
Having enough friends
Yes	10 002	4 424	1.0	1.0	Ref.	1.0	Ref.
No	1 973	958	1.12	1.13	1.06 to 1.22	1.10	1.03 to 1.18
Distrusting neighbours
Strongly disagree	4 795	1 941	1.0	1.0	Ref.	1.0	Ref.
Somewhat disagree	3 511	1 491	1.09	1.08	1.01 to 1.15	1.07	1.00 to 1.15
Not sure	2 047	1 057	1.22	1.19	1.10 to 1.28	1.17	1.09 to 1.27
Somewhat agree	1 245	650	1.19	1.14	1.04 to 1.25	1.13	1.03 to 1.23
Strongly agree	322	202	1.21	1.15	0.99 to 1.33	1.13	0.98 to 1.32
Boiling with anger
Almost never	5 237	2 239	1.0	1.0	Ref.	1.0	Ref.
Sometimes	5 571	2 580	1.05	1.03	0.97 to 1.09	1.02	0.96 to 1.08
Quite often	713	345	1.14	1.13	1.01 to 1.27	1.11	0.99 to 1.24
Almost always	267	139	1.14	1.10	0.93 to 1.31	1.09	0.92 to 1.30
Feel calm and good
Almost all the time	5 877	2 325	1.0	1.0	Ref.	1.0	Ref.
Often	4 793	2 184	1.10	1.09	1.03 to 1.16	1.09	1.03 to 1.15
Sometimes	1 352	881	1.39	1.36	1.26 to 1.47	1.3	1.20 to 1.41
Never	47	38	1.71	1.67	1.21 to 2.30	1.47	1.06 to 2.05
Sleeping problems affecting work
No	11 223	4 831	1.0	1.0	Ref.	1.0	Ref.
Yes	770	556	1.39	1.39	1.27 to 1.51	1.34	1.22 to 1.46
Self-rated health
Very good	4309	1037	1.0	1.0	Ref.	1.0	Ref.
Good	8782	4279	1.56	1.51	1.41 to 1.62	1.51	1.41 to 1.62
Not so good	881	886	2.26	2.16	1.97 to 2.37	2.12	1.93 to 2.33
Poor	25	26	2.34	2.24	1.52 to 3.31	2.23	1.50 to 3.23

*Adjusted for age and gender.
†Adjusted for age, gender, smoking, physical activity and education.
‡Adjusted for same as model 2 and current depressive symptoms.
RR, relative risk.