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Table 2 High psychological distress among Palestinian citizens of Israel by gender, age, educational level, BMI, chronic disease and geographical district. Logistic regression analysis. (OR, 95% CI)

From: Correlates of psychological distress and self-rated health among Palestinian citizens of Israel: findings from the health and environment survey (HESPI)

Risk factors

High psychological distressa

OR

(95%CI)

p

Gender

 Male

1.00 [reference]

  

 Female

1.78

(1.4–2.2)

<.001

Age group

 18–24

1.00 [reference]

  

 25–34

0.96

(0.7–1.3).

.811

 35–44

0.75

(0.5–1.1)

.122

 45–64

0.64

(0.4–1.0)

.027

 65≥

1.23

(0.7–2.1)

.447

Educational level

 No education

3.50

(2.1–5.6)

<.001

 Primary school

2.09

(1.4–3.0)

<.001

 Partial high school

1.39

(1.0–2.0)

.071

 High school diploma

0.81

(0.6–1.2)

.334

 Academic

1.0 [reference]

  

Geographical district

 Northern district

1.0 [reference]

  

 Haifa district

0.55

(0.4–0.7)

<.001

 Central district

1.10

(0.8–1.5)

.523

 Southern district

0.88

(0.6–1.2)

.436

BMI

 Low/healthy

1.00 [reference]

  

 Overweight

1.07

(0.8–1.4)

.574

 Obese

1.39

(1.0–1.9)

.034

Chronic disease

 None

1.00 [reference]

  

 One

1.92

(1.4–2.6)

<.001

 Two or more

2.09

(1.5–3.0)

<.001

  1. aglobal score of ≥17