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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2014 Nov 24;34(7):779–782. doi: 10.1037/hea0000174

Table 1. Odds ratios for the association between life satisfaction and preventive health care services.

Preventive Service Unadjusted Model Adjusted For Demographicsa Fully Adjusted Modelb Prevalence
Flu shotc 1.11 (1.05-1.17)*** 0.98 (0.93-1.03) 1.05 (0.99-1.11) 64.75%
Cholesterol testd 1.18 (1.10-1.27)*** 1.07 (1.00-1.16)* 1.12 (1.03-1.22)** 80.93%
Mammograme 1.19 (1.11-1.28)*** 1.11 (1.03-1.21)** 1.10 (1.01-1.20)* 70.73%
Pap smeare 1.14 (1.07-1.22)*** 1.14 (1.06-1.23)*** 1.09 (1.00-1.18)* 47.73%
Prostate examf 1.22 (1.11-1.33)*** 1.11 (1.01-1.23)* 1.14 (1.03-1.26)* 68.86%
Breast exame 1.07 (1.00-1.15)* 1.10 (1.02-1.18)** 1.08 (1.00-1.17)* 54.83%
*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001

a

Demographic factors: age, gender, race/ethnicity, marital status, education level, and total wealth

b

All covariates: age, gender, race/ethnicity, marital status, education level, total wealth, number of previous doctor visits, insurance status, an index of major chronic illnesses (high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer or malignant tumor of any kind, lung disease, heart attack, coronary heart disease, angina, congestive heart failure, or other heart problems, emotional, nervous, or psychiatric problems, arthritis or rheumatism, and stroke), functional status, depression, and anxiety

c

n=7,168

d

Excluded people with history of heart disease or stroke (n=5,166)

e

Included only women with no history of cancer (n=3,535)

f

Included only men with no history of cancer (n=2,534)