Table III.

Association between reported hunger (sometimes, often or always) and health outcomes split on age group [OR (95% CI)]

Age			Self-rated health (good/excellent)	Physical symptoms about every week or more frequent	Medicine use last month
11–12 years	Crude rates	Never	1	1	1
		Sometimes, often or always	1.73 (1.10–2.73) (p=0.02)	1.19 (0.79–1.79) (p=0.40)	1.84 (1.23–2.72) (p=0.003)
	Adjusted for socio-demographic factors (p<0.001)	Never	1	1	1
		Sometimes, often or always	2.02 (1.24–3.29) (p=0.005)	1.18 (0.78–1.80) (p=0.43)	2.09 (1.37–3.18) (p=0.001)
13–14 years	Crude rates	Never	1	1	1
		Sometimes, often or always	1.72 (1.16–2.54) (p=0.01)	1.39 (0.96–2.02) (p=0.08)	1.99 (1.31–2.77) (p=0.001)
	Adjusted for socio-demographic factors (p<0.001)	Never	1	1	1
		Sometimes, often or always	1.76 (1.16–2.66) (p=0.01)	1.53 (1.04–2.25) (p=0.03)	2.04 (1.37–3.03) (p<0.001)
15–17 years	Crude rates	Never	1	1	1
		Sometimes, often or always	1.32 (0.87–2.02) (p=0.19)	1.22 (0.84–1.76) (p=0.29)	1.32 (0.88–1.97) (p=0.17)
	Adjusted for socio-demographic factors (p<0.001)	Never	1	1	1
		Sometimes, often or always	1.10 (0.70–1.73) (p=0.68)	1.24 (0.83–1.84) (p=0.29)	1.53 (1.00–2.35) (p=0.05)