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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
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Int. J. Occup. Med. Environ Health 2007;20(4):349-356 |
DOI 10.2478/v10001-007-0033-1 |
MAGDALENA KWAŚNIEWSKA, DOROTA KALETA, ELŻBIETA DZIANKOWSKA-ZABORSZCZYK, WOJCIECH DRYGAS, and TERESA MAKOWIEC-DĄBROWSKA |
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of the study was to analyze the influence of
selected lifestyle factors on self-rated health status in working age
population. Materials and Methods: The study population derived
from the national Polish representative WOBASZ study. The sample
consisted of 1222 randomly selected residents of two Polish districts,
aged 20-64 years (52.3% women and 47.7% men). We analyzed four
health-related behaviors as lifestyle factors that made up the
lifestyle index: non-smoking, adequate fruit and vegetable intake,
healthy weight, and sufficient physical activity. Logistic regression
was used to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals to
investigate the impact of lifestyle on self-rated health. Results:
The findings revealed that 4.2, 17.6, 37 and 35.2% of women and 6.4,
19.9, 36.5 and 34.1% of men had the lifestyle index score of 0, 1, 2, 3
points, respectively. Only 6.1% of women and 3.1% of men met all the
four criteria of a healthy lifestyle (score 4). Self-rated health was
regarded as poor/fair, good or very good by 39.1, 54.3, 6.6% of women
and 31.6, 60.7, 7.7% of men, respectively. Poor/fair self-rated health
was strongly associated with obesity both in the male and female
population. Among men with the lifestyle index score of 0 points, the
risk of poor/fair self-rated health was 3.5 times as high (OR = 3.52;
95% CI: 1.36-9.12) as in men with the index score of 4. For women with
the scores of 3, 2, 1, and 0, the risk of poor/fair self-rated health
was nearly three (OR = 2.89; 95% CI: 1.5-5.56), four (OR = 3.61; 95%
CI: 1.88-6.93), six (OR = 5.93; 95% CI: 2.88-12.21) and seven times (OR
= 6.67; 95% CI: 1.97-22.51) as high as for those with the lifestyle
index score of 4. Conclusions: There is a need for implementing
more effective health promotion interventions in the society, with
special regard to weight reduction programs.
Key words
Lifestyle, Self-rated health, Adults![](images/buttons/buynum_blue_EN.gif)