Table 3. Odds ratios of Steiner school attendance, sociodemographic variables, current and childhood lifestyle factors on diseases; from multivariable logistic regression including all factors listed (fully adjusted model 3).

			Sociodemographics							Actual lifestyle variables							Childhood lifestyle variables
	Valid cases in model	Steiner School	Age (per year)	Sex: Male	Region: Hanover	Region: Nuremberg	Region: Stuttgart	Education: A-level	Family Status: Single	Social Support	Alcohol consummation: moderate and more	Smoker	Attention balanced diet: moderate and more	Fresh vegetables and fruits: 5–7 days per week	Attention physical activity: moderate and more	Physical activities: 5–7 days per week	No siblings	Education Parents: below A-Level	Education Parents: Others/unknown	Parents favour pedagogic method: no	Parents favour pedagogic method: unknown	Parents spiritual or religious beliefs no	Parents spiritual or religious beliefs: unknown	Focus on balanced diet in childhood: moderate and more	Focus on physical activity in childhood: moderate and more
Back pain	2596	0.80 (0.64–1.00)	1.01 (1.00–1.02)	0.62 (0.52–0.74)	1.17 (0.92–1.48)	1.32 (1.04–1.67)	1.06 (0.84–1.34)	0.78 (0.64–0.94)	0.94 (0.78–1.13)	0.94 (0.90–0.97)	0.94 (0.79–1.13)	1.40 (1.15–1.69)	0.96 (0.75–1.23)	0.83 (0.69–0.99)	0.72 (0.61–0.86)	1.08 (0.86–1.34)	0.98 (0.78–1.23)	1.15 (0.95–1.39)	1.26 (0.80–1.97)	1.00 (0.80–1.25)	1.34 (0.88–2.04)	1.01 (0.85–1.20)	1.18 (0.66–2.12)	0.90 (0.73–1.11)	1.00 (0.82–1.21)
Cold symptoms	2590	1.01 (0.80–1.27)	0.99 (0.98–0.99)	0.87 (0.73–1.05)	0.95 (0.74–1.21)	0.86 (0.68–1.10)	0.75 (0.59–0.95)	1.23 (1.00–1.51)	1.09 (0.90–1.32)	0.95 (0.92–0.99)	0.91 (0.76–1.10)	1.33 (1.09–1.62)	1.15 (0.88–1.49)	1.07 (0.88–1.30)	0.88 (0.73–1.06)	0.86 (0.68–1.08)	1.01 (0.79–1.28)	1.11 (0.91–1.35)	2.11 (1.33–3.33)	0.96 (0.76–1.21)	1.33 (0.86–2.06)	0.99 (0.83–1.19)	1.36 (0.74–2.49)	0.87 (0.70–1.08)	1.06 (0.86–1.31)
Headache	2555	0.89 (0.70–1.15)	0.97 (0.97–0.98)	0.41 (0.33–0.50)	1.24 (0.95–1.61)	0.88 (0.68–1.15)	0.97 (0.75–1.26)	0.80 (0.65–1.00)	0.92 (0.75–1.12)	0.93 (0.90–0.97)	1.09 (0.89–1.34)	1.12 (0.91–1.39)	0.90 (0.69–1.18)	0.76 (0.62–0.93)	0.73 (0.60–0.88)	0.90 (0.70–1.16)	1.14 (0.89–1.46)	1.14 (0.92–1.42)	1.38 (0.85–2.25)	0.91 (0.71–1.17)	0.90 (0.56–1.43)	0.97 (0.80–1.18)	1.33 (0.71–2.50)	0.92 (0.72–1.16)	0.94 (0.75–1.17)
Insomnia	2554	0.65 (0.50–0.84)	1.02 (1.01–1.02)	0.63 (0.51–0.78)	1.14 (0.86–1.50)	0.99 (0.75–1.32)	0.98 (0.74–1.30)	0.85 (0.68–1.06)	1.23 (1.00–1.52)	0.89 (0.86–0.93)	0.99 (0.80–1.23)	1.19 (0.95–1.50)	0.92 (0.69–1.23)	0.85 (0.68–1.05)	0.70 (0.56–0.86)	1.20 (0.92–1.55)	1.14 (0.88–1.48)	1.15 (0.92–1.44)	1.43 (0.88–2.32)	0.75 (0.58–0.97)	0.95 (0.59–1.52)	0.95 (0.77–1.16)	1.19 (0.60–2.36)	1.12 (0.88–1.44)	0.95 (0.75–1.19)
Joint pain	2562	0.62 (0.48–0.82)	1.05 (1.04–1.05)	0.93 (0.75–1.14)	1.07 (0.80–1.45)	1.24 (0.92–1.67)	1.04 (0.77–1.39)	0.67 (0.54–0.84)	1.03 (0.82–1.29)	0.96 (0.92–1.00)	1.11 (0.89–1.39)	1.34 (1.06–1.70)	0.91 (0.68–1.23)	0.85 (0.68–1.06)	0.71 (0.57–0.88)	1.25 (0.96–1.63)	0.91 (0.69–1.20)	1.00 (0.79–1.25)	1.36 (0.84–2.21)	1.01 (0.77–1.31)	1.24 (0.77–2.01)	1.09 (0.88–1.35)	1.95 (1.00–3.81)	1.04 (0.81–1.32)	1.02 (0.80–1.29)
Gastrointestinal symptoms	2545	0.76 (0.58–1.00)	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	0.72 (0.58–0.90)	1.00 (0.75–1.34)	1.09 (0.82–1.45)	0.96 (0.72–1.27)	0.92 (0.73–1.17)	1.15 (0.92–1.43)	0.92 (0.88–0.96)	1.03 (0.83–1.28)	1.17 (0.93–1.47)	1.03 (0.77–1.38)	0.86 (0.69–1.08)	0.67 (0.54–0.83)	0.83 (0.62–1.10)	0.92 (0.70–1.22)	0.83 (0.66–1.05)	1.31 (0.80–2.14)	0.85 (0.65–1.11)	1.07 (0.66–1.74)	0.95 (0.77–1.17)	0.97 (0.47–2.02)	0.93 (0.72–1.19)	1.09 (0.85–1.38)
Imbalance	2501	0.60 (0.38–0.93)	1.03 (1.02–1.04)	0.71 (0.50–1.01)	0.95 (0.60–1.50)	0.89 (0.55–1.42)	0.69 (0.43–1.11)	0.87 (0.60–1.26)	1.30 (0.92–1.83)	0.92 (0.87–0.98)	1.45 (0.99–2.12)	1.02 (0.69–1.50)	1.23 (0.76–1.99)	0.83 (0.58–1.18)	0.61 (0.43–0.87)	1.26 (0.83–1.93)	1.20 (0.79–1.83)	1.56 (1.07–2.28)	1.00 (0.42–2.38)	0.76 (0.50–1.16)	0.60 (0.26–1.38)	0.87 (0.62–1.22)	2.85 (1.18–6.87)	0.85 (0.57–1.25)	1.13 (0.77–1.66)

Age and Social support (higher values mean higher social support) are continuous variables.

Comparison category for categorical variables Sex: Female, Region: Berlin, Education: below A-levels, Family status: in relationship, alcohol consumption less than moderate, non-smoker, attention to balanced diet less than moderate, intake of fresh vegetables and fruits on less than 5 days a week, attention physical activity less than moderate, Education of parents: A-levels, attention to balanced diet in childhood less than moderate, attention to physical activity in childhood less than moderate, Parents in favour of pedagogic method: yes, spiritual or religious beliefs of parents: yes.