Table 4.

Associated variables in the final multinomial logistic regression model for self-rated health.

Variable	Likelihood of moderate vs. good	Likelihood of bad/very bad vs. good
	AOR (CI 95%)	AOR (CI 95%)
Edentulism
No	1*	1*
Yes	2.05 (0.69–6.08)n/s	17.56 (4.22–73.03)†
Age	1.01 (1.01–1.02)†	1.02 (1.01–1.03)†
Interaction	0.99 (0.97–1.01)n/s	0.96 (0.94–0.98)‡
Sex
Male	1*	1*
Female	1.35 (1.10–1.64)‡	1.67 (1.31–2.13)†
Occupation
Employed non-manual occupation	1*	1*
Employed manual occupation	1.27 (1.03–1.56)¶	1.49 (0.96–2.30)§
Schooling
Less than college	1*	1*
College and higher	0.71 (0.60–0.85)†	0.62 (0.42–0.90)¶
Socio-economic level
1 & 2 tertile (lowest & middle)	1*	1*
3 tertile (highest)	0.79 (0.68–0.93)‡	0.71 (0.54–0.93)¶
Disability
No	1*	1*
Yes	1.65 (1.33–2.05)†	3.69 (2.73–4.99)†
Physical activity
No	1*	1*
Yes	1.06 (0.86–1.33)n/s	0.47 (0.34–0.65)†
BMI
Underweight <18.5	1.04 (0.68–1.59)n/s	2.59 (1.42–4.73)‡
Normal BMI (18.5–24.9)	1*	1*
Overweight (25.0–29.9)	1.10 (0.93–1.30)n/s	1.18 (0.91–1.55)n/s
Obesity (≥30)	1.36 (1.16–1.59)†	1.69 (1.11–2.55)¶
Chronic disease
No	1*	1*
Yes	2.65 (2.25–3.12)†	3.68 (2.88–4.71)†
Alcohol use (current)
Never	1*	1*
Low	1.31 (1.13–1.52)†	1.59 (1.26–2.00)†
High	1.14 (0.75–1.74)n/s	2.05 (1.00–4.22)§

AOR – Adjusted Odds Ratio by variables contained in the tables.

^*Reference category;

^n/snot significant;

^†p<0.001;

^‡p<0.01;

^¶p<0.05;

^§p<0.10. The interaction term is explained in the results section.