Fit for fight – self-reported health in military women: a cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health

Table 2 Hierarchical multiple regression on health in the Norwegian Armed Forces, N = 10,249

	Drug use		Body mass index		Mental distress		Post-traumatic stress		Physical activity
Factor	ΔR²	b. (SE)	ΔR²	b. (SE)	ΔR²	b. (SE)	ΔR²	b. (SE)	ΔR²	b. (SE)
Step 1: Age	.02^*	.01 (.009) ^*	.07^*	.08 (.01) ^*	.01^*	−.01 (.01)	<.001	−.009 (.01)	.04^*	−.18 (.005) ^*
Step 2: Female gender	.01^*	.07 (.19)	.04^*	−1.06 (.30) ^*	.001^*	1.1 (.35) ^*	.002^*	.71 (.27) ^*	<.001^*	.16 (.14)
Step 3: Military status	.004^*	−.71 (.40)	.006^*	−1.00 (.68)	<.001	.09 (.60)	<.001	−.61 (.54)	.005^*	.65 (.23) ^*
Step 4: Interactions	<.001		.002^*		<.001^*		<.001^*		<.001
Gender^*age		.006 (.005)		−.03 (.009) ^*		−.02 (.01) ^*		−.01 (.007)		−.0003 (.004)
Military status^*age		.004 (.009)		−.01 (.01)		−.008 (.01)		.008 (.01)		−.005 (.005)
Total R²	.04		.12		.01		.003		.05

All beta coefficients (unstandardized) were from the full model with all steps included (robust SE)
SE standard error
^*p < .05

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