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Table 4 Poor’ self-rated health among Palestinian citizens of Israel, by age, educational level, geographical district, BMI, chronic disease and GHQ score. 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

‘Poor’ self-rated health

OR

(95%CI)

p

Age group

 18–24

1.00 [reference]

  

 25–34

1.23

(0.7–2.2)

.495

 35–44

1.29

(0.7–2.4)

.394

 45–64

2.40

(1.3–4.4)

.005

 65≥

3.56

(1.6–7.8)

.001

Educational level

 No education

2.02

(1.0–4.2)

.055

 Primary school

2.14

(1.2–3.8)

.009

 Partial high school

1.77

(0.9–3.2)

.052

 High school diploma

1.48

(0.8–2.7)

.208

 Academic

1.0 [reference]

  

Geographical district

 Northern District

1.0 [reference]

  

 Haifa District

1.39

(0.9–2.0)

.102

 Central District

0.70

(0.4–1.1)

.149

 Southern District

1.15

(0.7–1.8)

.525

BMI

 Low/healthy

1.00 [reference]

  

 Overweight

0.84

(0.6–1.2)

.323

 Obese

0.90

(0.6–1.4)

.632

Chronic disease

 None

1.00 [reference]

  

 One

13.59

(9.4–19.6)

<.001

 Two or more

30.21

(19.6–46.6)

<.001

Psychological distress

 Low

1.00 [reference]

  

 High

2.55

(1.9–3.5)

<.001