Table 5.

Association between women's perceptions of moderate/poor/very poor health status and sociodemographic characteristics, BMI, and WHR

Variable	Perception of health status* No. (%)	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	p value	Adjusted† OR (95% CI)	p value
Age (years)
≤35	89 (39.2)	0.55 (0.38-0.77)	0.001	1.15 (0.65-2.02)	0.6
>35	170 (54.0)	1.0		1.0
Education (years of schooling)
≤12	62 (66.0)	2.46 (1.55-3.93)	<0.001	2.02 (1.01-4.03)	0.04
>12	197 (44.0)	1.0		1.0
Years of service
≤10	78 (37.0)	0.48 (0.34-0.69)	<0.001	0.59 (0.34-1.04)	0.06
>10	181 (54.7)	1.0		1.0
Marital status
Single	54 (39.7)	0.29 (0.12-0.69)	0.005	0.52 (0.20-1.38)	0.1
Married	185 (49.1)	0.43 (0.19-0.97)	0.04	0.56 (0.23-1.37)	0.2
Widowed/divorced	20 (69.0)	1.0		1.0
Job
Technician/expert of health, nutrition or midwifery	157 (45.0)	0.37 (0.17-0.78)	0.01	1.12 (0.39-3.24)	0.8
Physician, dentist, or pharmacist	24 (41.4)	0.32 (0.13-0.78)	0.01	0.90 (0.27-2.93)	0.8
Employee	54 (54.0)	0.53 (0.23-1.21)	0.1	1.05 (0.39-2.78)	0.9
Manual worker	24 (68.6)	1.0		1.0
Present known disease
Yes	111 (67.3)	3.18 (2.16-4.67)	<0.001	2.92 (1.95-4.37)	<0.001
No	148 (39.3)	1.0		1.0
WHR
Normal fatness (<0.85)	172 (44.1)	0.58 (0.40-0.86)	0.006	0.85 (0.54-1.32)	0.4
Central obesity (≥0.85)	87 (57.2)	1.0		1.0
BMI (kg/m2)
Normal weight (18.5-24.9)	125 (43.1)	0.66 (0.47-0.93)	0.01	0.99 (0.63-1.55)	0.9
Overweight/Obese (≥25.0)	134 (53.2)	1.0		1.0
Perception of weight
Underweight/Normal weight	85 (43.1)	0.74 (0.52-1.06)	0.1	0.87 (0.57-1.35)	0.5
Overweight/Obese	174 (50.4)	1.0		1.0

*Moderate/poor/very poor;

†Adjusted for age, education level, years of service, marital status, job, present known disease, BMI, WHR, and perception of weight status;

BMI=Body mass index;

CI=Confidence interval;

OR=Odds ratio;

WHR=Waist-to-hip ratio