From: A Prospective study of the association between weight changes and self-rated health
Baseline characteristics (1993) | Self-Rated Health at base-line (N = 13684) | ||||||||||
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Very good SRH (n = 5450) | n | Good SRH (n = 6146) | n | Fair SRH (n = 1833) | n | Poor SRH (n = 222) | n | Very poor SRH (n = 33) | n | ||
Age | |||||||||||
- 49 | 40 | 2160 | 32 | 1941 | 21 | 388 | 22 | 48 | 30 | 10 | 4547 |
50–54 | 24 | 1299 | 24 | 1456 | 22 | 410 | 25 | 56 | 21 | 7 | 3228 |
55–59 | 19 | 1032 | 23 | 1385 | 29 | 520 | 35 | 77 | 27 | 9 | 3023 |
60–64 | 12 | 653 | 14 | 883 | 17 | 319 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1880 |
65–69 | 6 | 306 | 8 | 481 | 11 | 196 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1006 |
Self-rated health | |||||||||||
Better (increase) | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1507 | 41 | 751 | 69 | 153 | 79 | 26 | 2437 |
Unchanged | 65 | 3543 | 58 | 3556 | 51 | 931 | 30 | 65 | 21 | 7 | 8102 |
Poorer (decrease) | 35 | 1907 | 18 | 1083 | 8 | 151 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3145 |
Cohabitation | |||||||||||
Yes | 82 | 4285 | 79 | 4701 | 75 | 1316 | 68 | 148 | 81 | 26 | 10476 |
No | 18 | 972 | 21 | 1223 | 26 | 440 | 32 | 70 | 19 | 6 | 2711 |
Working | |||||||||||
Yes | 86 | 4497 | 79 | 4720 | 60 | 1067 | 46 | 100 | 38 | 12 | 10396 |
No | 14 | 789 | 21 | 1231 | 40 | 722 | 54 | 120 | 62 | 20 | 2882 |
Smoking | |||||||||||
No | 66 | 3436 | 64 | 3737 | 57 | 997 | 56 | 118 | 44 | 14 | 8302 |
Yes | 34 | 1761 | 36 | 2121 | 43 | 742 | 44 | 92 | 56 | 18 | 4734 |
Physical activity | |||||||||||
Yes | 97 | 5230 | 95 | 5818 | 90 | 1617 | 77 | 164 | 66 | 21 | 12847 |
No | 3 | 187 | 5 | 277 | 10 | 180 | 23 | 50 | 34 | 11 | 705 |