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Table 4 Logistic regression of possible factors explaining low perceived health

From: Stress and perceived health among primary care visitors in two corners of Europe: Scandinavia and Greece

Factors

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Final model

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Scandinavian

Reference

 

Reference

 

Reference

 

Reference

 

Greek

5.51 (2.15–14.14)

 < 0.0001*

8.07 (3.96–16.50)

 < 0.0001*

8.57 (4.06–18.09)

 < 0.0001*

3.94 (1.81–8.60)

0.001*

Female

Reference

 

Reference

 

Reference

 

Reference

 

Male

0.69 (0.27–1.75)

0.44

0.62 (0.26–1.51)

0.30

0.65 (0.28–1.56)

0.34

0.71 (0.29–1.75)

0.45

Age (18–29Y)

Reference

 

Reference

 

Reference

 

Reference

 

Age (30–49 y)

1.34 (0.50–3.55.)

0.56

1.54 (0.63–3.78)

0.34

1.66 (0.68–4.09)

0.26

1.24 (0.51–3.04)

0.64

Age (50–65 Y)

0.35 (0.16–1.05)

0.06

0.39 (0.14–1.19)

0.07

0.48 (0.16–1.47)

0.20

0.32 (0.11–0.92)

0.03*

Employed

Reference

 

Unemployed

1.21 (0.50–2.94)

0.70

Not smoking

Reference

 

Reference

 

Smoker

2.24 (1.00–5.39.76)

0.07

    

2.37 (1.00–5.62)

0.05*

No experience of economic crisis

Reference

 

Experience of conomic crisis

0.50 (0.15–1.46

0.20

No Serious life events

Reference

 

Reference

 

Yes serious life events

1.00 (0.37–2.39)

0.90

2.12 (1.05–4.27)

0.04*

Hope for the future

Reference

 

Reference

 

Hopeless about the future

5.39 (1.97–14.75)

0.001*

6.00 (2.10–14.88)

0.001*

Cortisol medium

Reference

 

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Cortisol low

2.71 (0.31–23.76

0.37

    

Cortisol high

3.50 (0.40–1.43)

0.26

Low perceived stress

Reference

 

High perceived Stress

1.76 (0.85–3.65)

0.13

No longstanding illness

Reference

   

Yes longstanding illness

0.68 (0.30–1.60)

0.38

No Anxiety

Reference

   

Anxiety medium

1.30 (0.55–3.06)

0.55

Anxiety high

2.02 (0.67–6.05)

0.21

  

No Depression

Reference

 

Depression medium

0.95 (0.33–2.779

0.93

  

Depression high

0.66 (0.15–2.90)

0.58

  1. Model 1 includes background factors and socioeconomic and psychosocial factors, model 2 includes background factors and stress indicators, model 3 includes background factors and indicator of illness. The final model only includes the background factors and significant indicators from the models. The model was significant, p-value 0.0001, Cox&Snell R Square 0.316 and Nagelkerke R Square 0.435