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. 2013 Jun 27;13:613. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-613

Table 2.

Associations between social capital and healthy behaviour patterns (odds ratios with 95% CI for Model M2c)

Variables M2a: age +gender + var1 M2b: age +gender +social capital2 M2c: M2b+ socio-demographic factors3 CI (95 %)4
NON-SMOKING
 
 
 
 
Social support
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.10
0.96
0.84 *
(0.72-0.99)
High
1.47 ***
1.13
0.88
(0.74-1.04)
Social participation and networks
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.56 ***
1.51 ***
1.41 ***
(1.20-1.65)
High
2.80 ***
2.66 ***
2.34 ***
(1.97-2.78)
Trust and reciprocity
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.25 **
1.20 *
1.09
(0.94-1.27)
High
1.67 ***
1.56 ***
1.33 **
(1.13-1.58)
NON-EXCESSIVE DRINKING
Social support
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
0.98
0.89
0.87
(0.69-1.08)
High
0.98
0.82
0.79
(0.61-1.00)
Social participation and networks
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.37 **
1.39 **
1.44 **
(1.15-1.79)
High
1.87 ***
1.93 ***
2.01 ***
(1.53-2.61)
Trust and reciprocity
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.11
1.10
1.07
(0.85-1.33)
High
1.25
1.22
1.16
(0.91-1.46)
LEISURE-TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Social support
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.23 **
1.05
1.02
(0.89-1.18)
High
1.55 ***
1.11
1.04
(0.89-1.23)
Social participation and networks
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
2.46 ***
2.43 ***
2.40 ***
(2.10-2.75)
High
4.94 ***
4.83 ***
4.73 ***
(3.97-5.62)
Trust and reciprocity
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
0.99
0.92
0.91
(0.78-1.05)
High
1.18 *
1.06
1.02
(0.87-1.20)
DAILY USE OF VEGETABLES
Social support
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.31 ***
1.22 **
1.12
(0.99-1.27)
High
1.72 ***
1.47 ***
1.25 **
(1.09-1.454)
Social participation and networks
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.43 ***
1.37 ***
1.31 ***
(1.15-1.49)
High
2.20 ***
2.02 ***
1.85 ***
(1.61-2.11)
Trust and reciprocity
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.05
1.00
0.95
(0.83-1.07)
High
1.18 *
1.08
0.98
(0.85-1.14)
ADEQUATE DURATION OF SLEEP
Social support
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.26 **
1.17 *
1.11
(0.96-1.29)
High
1.59 ***
1.39 ***
1.24 **
(1.06-1.46)
Social participation and networks
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.34 ***
1.28 ***
1.24 **
(1.08-1.42)
High
1.65 ***
1.50 ***
1.42 ***
(1.20-1.67)
Trust and reciprocity
 
 
 
 
Low
1.00
1.00
1.00
 
Moderate
1.36 ***
1.31 **
1.27 **
(1.09-1.48)
High 1.47 *** 1.38 *** 1.30 ** (1.12-1.52)

Health 2000 Survey, adults 30+ years (N=8028).

*** p<0.001, ** p<0.01, * p<0.05.

1 Model 2a includes age, gender and one dimension of social capital at a time.

2 Model 2b includes age, gender and all dimensions of social capital (social support, social participation and networks, and trust and reciprocity) simultaneously.

3 Model 2c includes age, gender, all the dimensions of social capital, all the socio-demographic factors (education, living arrangements and income) simultaneously.

4 CI confidence intervals for Model 2c.