Table 3.

Multivariate Analysis of Variables Associated with Poor/Fair Self-Reported Health Status

	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P-Value
Health care system distrust*	1.40	1.12 to 1.75	.003
Trust in personal physician*,†	0.92	0.74 to 1.12	.40
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age (each decade increase)	1.26	1.11 to 1.43	< .0005
Female	1.37	0.90 to 2.10	.14
Race
Caucasian‡	1.00
African American	2.23	1.11 to 4.48	.02
Hispanic	2.21	1.01 to 4.88	.04
Other	0.94	0.36 to 2.47	.90
College degree or higher	0.42	0.27 to 0.65	< .0005
Household income >60 K	0.20	0.09 to 0.44	< .0005
Health care access
Lack of insurance	0.86	0.42 to 1.73	.67
ED/public clinic as source of care	1.61	0.84 to 3.07	.15

^*Odds ratio associated with each 1 point increase in distrust (or trust) on standardized scale.

^†Among individuals with a personal doctor.

^‡Reference category.

CI, confidence interval.